From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 02:20:32 -0700 From: Will Rose cwr@cts.com Subject: [9fans] Plan 9 future Topicbox-Message-UUID: aa660226-eac8-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 Message-ID: <20000512092032.igqcp16B-bf3S9UpxUSkPWp1C-qo4KBvFPHggUyKbGc@z> From: Will Rose To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan 9 future X-Newsgroups: comp.os.plan9 In-Reply-To: <200005120356.DAA74223@mail.eot.dbsystems.com> User-Agent: tin/pre-1.4-19990927 ("Nine While Nine") (UNIX) (crash/3.2 (i386)) In article <200005120356.DAA74223@mail.eot.dbsystems.com> you wrote: : Again waiting for this thread to idle (and watching with even : further amusement the discussions of U*NIX's history; brace : styles, that was good), I would like to continue the discussion : of commercial use of Plan 9. : Even though most of us agree with Jim Choate that an Open Source : model would be the most attractive to everybody except Lucent : stock holders, the reality is that the most we can hope for is : reasonable terms to use the ideas and code in Plan 9. : There are two primary reasons I champion the use of Plan 9: : - I greatly respect the contributions of Bell Labs researchers : and if I had to bet on a new successful computing paradigm, it : would be theirs. : - The code is written and I believe there are patents. The : easiest way to take advantage of them is to purchase them. Also, : after looking at way too much *BSD and Linux code (and I use that : term loosely) it is refreshing to read the mostly clear, precise : and well designed code that is in Plan 9. In fact, a very large : reason for me staying away from every other "free" system out : there is the awlful spaghetti known as the GNU C compiler. I have : looked very hard at Amoeba for that very reason and it is too bad : that the source to the C compiler is not included in that : distribution. If this is the ACK (Amsterdam Compiler Kit) compiler, the source may be released within the next few months. comp.os.minix (which uses ACK) has been discussing this recently. Will cwr@cts.com