From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 11:56:32 +0000 From: Bill Gunshannon bill@cs.scranton.edu Subject: [9fans] My view of Plan 9 and it's future Topicbox-Message-UUID: af1a5560-eac8-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 Message-ID: <20000517115632.kF-JFDyi9cn6cbH2VzAVwUcBWhzTdIGEW-zYJBkuAcA@z> In article <39220A7F.30C75330@null.net>, "Douglas A. Gwyn" 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 -- Bill Gunshannon | de-moc-ra-cy (di mok' ra see) n. Three wolves bill@cs.scranton.edu | and a sheep voting on what's for dinner. University of Scranton | Scranton, Pennsylvania | #include