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Re:A native graphical shell for SSH by red-iron-pine on Tuesday June 30, 2026 @10:13AM (#48733022)
i mean they did understand unix, both in that they created it, and created plan9 to be closer to their original vision.

but unix got widely adopted and you go with what sells not blue-sky woulda-coulda

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Re:A native graphical shell for SSH by projektfu on Tuesday June 30, 2026 @10:58AM (#48733654)
Yes and no. Defining network devices in a different namespace, for example, was an early break from what might be called the UNIX tradition.
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