From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
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To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Re: Free Plan 9 "shell" accounts?
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 18 May 2003 00:13:38 CDT."
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From: Dan Cross <cross@math.psu.edu>
Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 09:05:43 -0400
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> http://einstein.ssz.com/hangar18
>
> We don't provide free shell accounts since this really doesn't make a lot
> of sense with regard to Plan 9. What we can do is provide a auth server
> and related resources (ie process pool and community namespaces). We also
> provide services for developers such as webpages and code management tools
> (ie CVS).

I don't understand what this means; doesn't the ability to start a
process on a remote machine (``process pool'') mean you can start a
shell on it?

	- Dan C.