From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mike Haertel Message-Id: <200112032051.fB3KpBL02297@ducky.net> To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] design issues in operating systems In-Reply-To: Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 12:51:11 -0800 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 2f3322f8-eaca-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 I suspect one important factor in the popularity of Linux is the relative openness of the development process of Linux. There are regular releases of the latest version of the code, even when there are works in progress that aren't finished yet. By contrast the Plan 9 developers are constantly dropping all these hints about how great the next thing will be, but the rest of us never get to see any code until it's "done" -- and big changes take a long time. I think Plan 9 would have a more enthusiastic following if the ongoing development tree were out there for everyone to see (and contribute to).