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Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 20:23:49 -0800
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@valinux.com>
To: Alexander Viro <viro@math.psu.edu>
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Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux Kernel ORB: kORBit
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According to Alexander Viro:
> 9P is quite simple and unlike CORBA it had been designed for taking
> kernel stuff to userland.  Besides, authors definitely understand
> UNIX...

As nice as 9P is, it'll need some tweaks to work with Linux.
For example, it limits filenames to 30 characters; that's not OK.
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Chip Salzenberg            - a.k.a. -            <chip@valinux.com>
   "Give me immortality, or give me death!"  // Firesign Theatre
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