From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:26:42 +0100 From: tlaronde@polynum.com To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Message-ID: <20120319162642.GA552@polynum.com> References: <20120319121055.GA3610@polynum.com> <35d49736-f6d5-48fc-b767-969185bda226@me.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <35d49736-f6d5-48fc-b767-969185bda226@me.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan 9 rejected from GSoC 2012 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 6b797e9e-ead7-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 02:25:54PM +0000, Christoph Paschke wrote: > [...] So, this is going fast > forward already. And they already looking for industrial partners. So, I as > a potential client in the industrial area can work together with them quite > easy. I not know if this will be similar with Plan 9 next years? Well, it is a matter of strategy. I claim that Plan9 will still be here, when the E.U. (as _this_ political freak) has disappeared. And this at most a matter of a couple of years, probably less. If your choice on Minix is because it is backed by E.U., you should question how long E.U. will last... My choice on Plan9 (4th or derived systems) is based on technical merits that I feel will still be true in the near or middle future... -- Thierry Laronde http://www.kergis.com/ Key fingerprint = 0FF7 E906 FBAF FE95 FD89 250D 52B1 AE95 6006 F40C