[9fans] My view of Plan 9 and it's future

[Bill Gunshannon bill@cs.scranton.edu]

In article <39220A7F.30C75330@null.net>, "Douglas A. Gwyn" <DAGwyn@null.net> writes:
|> Jim Choate wrote:
|> > So long as Plan 9 is released under a commercial license and the
|> > primary goal is to make money off the OS, ... it will fail.
|>
|> Plan 9 is a *research* platform, not a commercial product!
|> I was happy to pay my $350 for the previous snapshot of Plan 9,
|> including nice printed manuals, in order to do the "hobby" things
|> you claimed it was too pricy for.

And I'll add my Amen right here.  I have already put my boss on alert
that when it is released I want the next one too.  I have serious plans
to get the Plan9 lab up again this summer and a new release might be
just what I need to get students interested in doing projects with it.

bill

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