From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Corey To: 9fans@9fans.net Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 17:51:17 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.2 (Linux/2.6.34-rc4; KDE/4.4.2; i686; ; ) References: <20100416115756.GA1107@polynum.com> <201004181226.59791.corey@bitworthy.net> <3d08588b770112900bd908fe02addb93@kw.quanstro.net> In-Reply-To: <3d08588b770112900bd908fe02addb93@kw.quanstro.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201004181751.17158.corey@bitworthy.net> Subject: Re: [9fans] Mars Needs Women Topicbox-Message-UUID: 07f151e0-ead6-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Sunday 18 April 2010 13:58:19 erik quanstrom wrote: [purposefully removed context surrounding the following statement:] > seems awful limiting for a research os. > Exactly. Plan X proposes an extension of 9 space for the experimental purpose of promoting and supporting an additional class of research vectors using Plan 9 technologies. The official Plan 9 source base is used as a seed platform from which to build one or more alternate Plan 9 based distributions, with the goal of fulfilling a different collection of somewhat higher-level use-cases than what Plan 9 proper is optimized towards. Some examples of research areas and theoretical use-cases that a Plan X project might help foster: * Plan 9 based handheld/phone platform * Personal home distributed network serving 9'ified general purpose end-user applications via a clean yet contemporary gui over 9P * a distribution focused towards increasing the ability of developers to comfortably run a native Plan 9 installation as their day-to-day os at their workplaces * Plan 9 based os for iPad/WePad-like tablet devices The initial milestone for Plan X is simply to stake out an appropriate space somewhere that will facilitate productive collaboration and "greenfield" exchange of ideas between interested parties in a non-hostile environment. If it languishes, so be it - the experiment would then be considered DOA - but at least the space will be there for potential future collaboration: the catalyzing spark of new communities and projects are impossible to predict. Respectfully