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From: Dave Sill de5@sws5.ctd.ornl.gov
Subject: Why?
Date: Wed,  6 Sep 1995 13:29:19 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <19950906172919.Yow528GIvaNvTgtjquXvc0RC7ojckEeQWXPfLFFPl-w@z> (raw)

In article <424dn0$83h@jupiter.sdd.cegelecproj.co.uk> Steve_Kilbane@cegelecproj.co.UK (Steve_Kilbane) writes:

> And it's not a toy; it's a complete system that has been used solidly
> for about five years as some people's main computing platform.

Are there commercial applications available yet?

> Well, speaking personally, I'm damn glad it exists. It's been the
> source of inspiration for most of the tools I use on my UNIX box,
> and I hope this trend continues.

Which UNIX tools do you use that are Plan-9-inspired?

-- 
Dave Sill (de5@ornl.gov)          <URL:http://www.digital.com/info/dsill.html>
Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, Oak Ridge National Lab, Workstation Support






             reply	other threads:[~1995-09-06 17:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1995-09-06 17:29 Dave [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1995-09-08  6:49 Why? dhog
1995-09-07 22:27 Why? mkc
1995-09-07 16:48 Why? Steve_Kilbane
1995-09-07 16:22 Why? Gary
1995-09-07 16:12 Why? Borja
1995-09-07 15:44 Why? presotto
1995-09-07 11:14 Why? Borja
1995-09-07  8:35 Why? Paul
1995-09-07  5:50 Why? Andrew
1995-09-07  5:12 Why? Gary
1995-09-06 20:24 Why? Borja
1995-09-06 19:52 Why? Paul
1995-09-06 19:21 Why? Steve_Kilbane
1995-09-06 18:11 Why? Dave
1995-09-04 15:14 Why? presotto
1995-09-03 18:23 Why? presotto
1995-09-03 18:17 Why? Andrew
1995-09-03  5:28 Why? Curt
1995-09-03  5:26 Why? Curt
1995-09-02  1:17 Why? Will
1995-09-01 18:52 Why? Mike

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