Re: [9fans] List of companies that use Plan 9.

[Wes Kussmaul <Wes@ReliableID.com>]

Fromm Crunchbase:

Nantahala Outdoor Center — Nantahala Outdoor Center is a sports company 
offering whitewater rafting, mountain biking, and flatwater paddling.

Nantahala Bank & Trust Company — Nantahala Bank & Trust Company is a 
financial service company offering & lending mortgages and loans and 
other financial services.

Nantahala Capital Management — Nantahala Capital Management is a hedge fund.

Nantahala Real Estate Company — Nantahala Real Estate Company provides 
property management, consulting, home selling, and buying services.

GHSS Manathala — GHSS Manathala is a secondary education school.



On 5/15/24 01:48, John the Scott wrote:
> finding nothing on google for Nantahala.  any links?
> 
> -john
> 
> On Mon, May 13, 2024 at 3:42 AM <vic.thacker@fastmail.fm> wrote:
>>
>> Thank you, Sirjofri, nice idea.
>>
>> There are two private U.S. companies that are investing, developing, and using a closed source Plan 9 distribution called ᴁOS (aka ᴁ9).  The companies have been in existence since 2020.
>>
>> Nantahala Holdings, LLC
>> Nantahala Operations, LLC (dba Nantahala Systems)
>>
>> Vic
>>
>>
>> On Mon, May 13, 2024, at 17:10, sirjofri wrote:
>>> Hey all,
>>>
>>> Just about one topic mentioned by ibrahim:
>>>
>>> You mentioned that 9front can't be plan 9 in your perspective because
>>> of this licensing and the "origin" of the licensing.
>>>
>>>> 9front isn't plan9 from my perspective. Plan 9 is the final release with patches for the files from sources I can be sure that those aren't taken from open source projects by copy and paste.
>>> [1]
>>>
>>> I would make a big difference between what plan 9 is and what the
>>> licenses are. Software doesn't care about licenses. People do (and they
>>> should!).
>>>
>>> So what is plan 9 even? Can we compare it to UNIX™ or unix or posix?
>>> Who knows...
>>>
>>> I guess I could say a lot more about that topic, but I guess that's
>>> enough and you can puzzle everything else yourself.
>>>
>>> [1] (I would be very careful with such bold words. I feel like 9front
>>> people have heard this phrase a lot and it's probably very thin ice for
>>> a few people.)
>>>
>>> ---
>>>
>>> About another topic: you mentioned that plan 9 is in use for commercial
>>> products, and you explicitly mention german medical sensors. I've never
>>> heard about that and I'd like to learn more, as well as about other
>>> companies who actually use plan 9.
>>>
>>> Everything I always hear in the industry is that plan 9 is outdated and
>>> nobody uses it and nobody wants to hear about it. I only know of a
>>> single company that uses it (coraid), plus a few little projects by taw
>>> that could evolve into commercial products.
>>>
>>> I sometimes thought about building a list of companies that use plan 9
>>> technology, just so people can get involved with them, and now that I'm
>>> searching for a new job that's even more interesting for me personally.
>>> (Not sure if I want to do plan 9 as $dayjob, but I could see it as an
>>> option.) That topic should end up in a new thread however (or even a
>>> DM).
>>>
>>> sirjofri
> 
> 
> 

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