From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Re: Sun has a Plan 9 inspired project called "Brazil"!!??? In-Reply-To: <20001129101617.4E8CC199E1@mail.cse.psu.edu> Message-Id: <20001129123005.CC19B199F1@mail.cse.psu.edu> From: bruce@staff.cs.su.oz.au Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 07:30:05 -0500 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 33e49562-eac9-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 In article <20001129101617.4E8CC199E1@mail.cse.psu.edu> you write: >>>I have yet to find the reason that they have the nerve to call it >>>Brazil, which is the nickname of Plan 9 release 3! But then again, I > >i imagine it is because brazil has associations with coffee, >and is unrelated to the systems named after films, >with which Sun's project has nothing in common, especially as >regards design, simplicity and effectiveness. .. Hey! What about Tarkovski's `Solaris'? :-)