Plan9's successful implementation of the "everything is a file" abstraction has yet to be seen in popular unices... I wish it weren't so, it's a beautiful and s

Plan9's successful implementation of the "everything is a file" abstraction has yet to be seen in popular unices... I wish it weren't so, it's a beautiful and simplified abstraction compared to what we commonly have today. Also, its namespacing, and a few other opinionated ideas...