From: forsyth@caldo.demon.co.uk forsyth@caldo.demon.co.uk
Subject: [9fans] names
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 15:14:41 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <19980922141441.akw78pmQBpMtsTm43vvbd-iB6IIReqX0eXrVEufREww@z> (raw)
>>Presumably the name change was a marketing decision, given that
>>the system was going commercial, the cost of source was being
>>increased by no small amount, and 'Plan 9' doesn't sound like
>>a marketable name.
i'd be quite surprised if the name `brazil' had been chosen by marketing.
if people can sell systems called `vrtx' or `VxWorks', or `Jini', i'm sure
the name `Plan 9' is the least of the marketing problems.
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1998-09-22 14:14 forsyth [this message]
1998-09-22 15:22 Digby
1998-09-22 16:00 rob
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