I'm just an amateur plan9 user, but one thing it does is allow the application to be written as if it were just a local application. But because everything is j

I'm just an amateur plan9 user, but one thing it does is allow the application to be written as if it were just a local application. But because everything is just a file, you can have the application use remote resources just by changing what that file "points to" (the namespace of the application) without changing the application itself.