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From: bad_packet <koehlerNOkoSPAM@netscape.net.invalid>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: [9fans] Compare Plan9/Linux/xxxBSD
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 09:57:12 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1719cf6f.8ee9f2e4@usw-ex0102-016.remarq.com> (raw)


Hi All,



  Just heard about Plan 9, and was wondering if anyone would
care to take a stab at explaining the differences between it,
Linux, and the versions of BSD.

I realize Plan 9 is basically a significant refinement of Unix,
with much/all(?) of the basic code having been rewritten.  Have
read some of the documentation, however still a bit fuzy on "why"
one would use it over either super stable BSD, or the up and
coming, ever improving Linux distro's.

Or, is this simply more a technology demo, sort of an academic
exercise. Not sure if Bell has plans for this, as Inferno sems to
have wrt interactive video.

Thanks in advance.

Fred

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             reply	other threads:[~2000-06-12  9:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2000-06-12  9:57 bad_packet [this message]
2000-06-14  8:51 ` [9fans] " Douglas A. Gwyn
2000-06-13  0:20 [9fans] " rob pike

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