On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 1:50 PM, Dan Cross <crossd at gmail.com> wrote: > For an example of a system that largely did away with the "standard" > hierarchy, check out Plan 9 (http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9/); Or for a more amusing example, OS X. /Applications /Library /System /Users /private <--- unix-esque hierarchy hidden here :-)