Comment by cwyers

Okay,but what does this buy you other than some leaky abstractions? A local file is not the same thing as a remote file, a local mouse is not the same thing as a remote mouse, and a local file is definitely not the same thing as a remote mouse. All that code in Windows that Plan 9 'doesn't need' contains a lot of logic for dealing with remote displays and input devices that is probably going to have to reside in your application if the OS isn't providing it. Simplicity is only a virtue if it's real; false simplicity is just kicking the can down the road for the next poor bastard to deal with.