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From: evas@euraiv1.uucp (Eelco van Asperen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: What kinds of things would you want in the GNU OS?
Summary: a separate name-space for each user can solve many problems.
Keywords: GNU OS features kernel
Message-ID: <143@hathi.euraiv1.uucp>
Date: 7 Jun 89 15:44:20 GMT
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Organization: Erasmus Univ.;EUR/EF/AIV; P.O.B. 1738; NL 3000 DR  Rotterdam
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A feature I liked in Bell Labs "Plan 9" was the separate name-space
for each user (or process?). Such name-spaces would allow an 
elegant solution for networks of heterogenous computers; "/bin/sh"
would always to the standard shell, no matter what machine you're
working on. It would provide you with a uniform view of the
file-system no matter where you are logged in.

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Eelco van Asperen
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