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From: Dan Cross <cross@math.psu.edu>
Message-Id: <200104100030.UAA03096@augusta.math.psu.edu>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] micro vs monolithic kernels
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.1010409181024.14587r-100000@einstein.ssz.com>
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Date: Mon,  9 Apr 2001 20:30:13 -0400
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In article <Pine.LNX.3.96.1010409181024.14587r-100000@einstein.ssz.com> you write:
>
>On Mon, 9 Apr 2001, Dan Cross wrote:
>
>> Well, the point of Plan 9 is to be a research OS, not a system for
>> production.
>
>You mean ...was...

No, I mean is.  I believe that Bell Labs is still using it for
research, and that's their bread and butter.  Just because they
let other people have it doesn't mean they stop using it for
their own purposes and go into support mode.  Nor should they.

	- Dan C.