From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tristan <9p-st@imu.li> To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> In-Reply-To: References: <546c45999f1379d06a0b58e47b8cb0c5@mikro> Message-Id: <257c42.73550a3a.iYYk.mx@tumtum.plumbweb.net> Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2013 17:48:44 -0500 User-Agent: mx Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [9fans] Ideas from Plan-9 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 9d851ea6-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > Suffice it to say that without a critical mass of users, Bell Labs > and/or Alcatel-Lucent will drop it, it will experience insufficient > support from the user base at large, and it will suffer bit-rot until > it won't boot anywhere anymore. plan 9 is sane enough that one person can maintain it for their own use. given the state of other systems that probably doesn't appear possible. that's probably the most important idea that i've taken from plan 9. software can be sane. and then there's chuck moore. tristan --=20 All original matter is hereby placed immediately under the public domain.