I wouldn't say that Plan 9 has better (basic) ideas than Unix, it's more like a Unix that follows the old ideas even for new things. AFAIU many of the ugly aspe

I wouldn't say that Plan 9 has better (basic) ideas than Unix, it's more like a Unix that follows the old ideas even for new things. AFAIU many of the ugly aspects of "contemporary Unix" stem from the Unix wars and later additions by people with less design sense than the Bell Labs group.