From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by vger.rutgers.edu via listexpand id <154766-17480>; Mon, 10 May 1999 15:56:46 -0400 Received: by vger.rutgers.edu id <154636-17480>; Mon, 10 May 1999 15:47:09 -0400 Received: from atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz ([195.113.31.123]:9269 "EHLO atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz" ident: "root") by vger.rutgers.edu with ESMTP id <155120-17483>; Mon, 10 May 1999 15:41:19 -0400 Message-ID: <19990509170341.F151@bug.ucw.cz> Date: Sun, 9 May 1999 17:03:41 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: John Kodis Cc: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu Subject: [OFFTOPIC] free plan9? [was Re: Ken Thompson interview in IEEE Computer magazine (fwd)] References: <199905081751.NAA02628@rushlight.kf8nh.apk.net> <19990508205359.A1002@kodis.jagunet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93i In-Reply-To: <19990508205359.A1002@kodis.jagunet.com>; from John Kodis on Sat, May 08, 1999 at 08:53:59PM -0400 Sender: owner-linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu Hi! > > Moreover, [Plan 9 is] still very early in its life cycle compared to > > Unix. It's still at about the same stage as 6th Research Edition > > Unix was --- so it's a bit premature to call it a failure. All it > > would really take would be for some analog of UCB-CSRG to pick it up.... > > Or more likely, for some college student to decide that he'd like a > free version; nothing fancy or portable, just something for his new > Merced box. I wonder what kind of grade Tannenbaum would give it? This already happened. It is called VSTa. Pavel -- I'm really pavel@ucw.cz. Look at http://195.113.31.123/~pavel. Pavel Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread! - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/