[9fans] Oil on the water

[Digby Tarvin digbyt@acm.org]

>We are considering doing a new distribution of Plan 9, the system we
>have been calling Brazil ..

I understand that you can't promise anything, but just the fact
that it is being considered is extremely encouraging.

I thought the way original Plan 9 release was done was great - I certainly
didn't object to $350 for a source CD and printed manuals. But it would
certainly be even better if enough of the system were freely available on the
net for anyone to be able to do (non-commercial) application or driver
development.

I would still buy a CD and printed documentation for a new release
if they were available, although a pre-release on
the net would probably be a good idea in any case to sort out
initial bugs.

At least bringing the Plan 9 community up to date might save all
that effort spent back-porting Brazil drivers etc.

Has any consideraton been given to perhaps licensing the right to
print the documentation and a CD of the distribution to a
regular publisher? It would be nice if it could generate a
bit of revenue without creating extra work for the developers.

Anyway, thanks for the great news Rob. 

Regards,
DigbyT
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Digby R. S. Tarvin                                              digbyt@acm.org
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