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>win a pointless popularity contest

Who said anything about winning a popularity contest? I just want to use a cool OS. Linux hasn't won any desktop popularity contests but it's still possible for average people to use it for day to day work.

>What would a word processor or web browser on Plan 9 enable you to do that you can't do already on Windows?

Do you even know what Plan 9 is? If you did, you wouldn't be asking this question.

Oh, I just read your HN profile. Sorry, I didn't realize I was talking to a troll.




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