[bnolsen]

Unix had high goals but ended up compromising. It's been a good system, good enough to fend off other system competitors. Trying to argue details using precedence and pointing to the exceptions and compromises to prop up arguments doesn't excite me very much.

Plan9 seems to have better distilled and refined the "unix way". But it's been too little too late and I'm sure if it became popular there's be wars about it too.