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> (and see if I can even further confuse my colleagues :-)


I implemented it because I think Plan 9 is just too simple and
wanted to get it complex.(*)


> Hmm... could the same/something similar also be
> used for a (e.g.) sound broadcasting service?
> (like: send sound bytes not to one (either this or that)
>  device, but to both, or all of them, or...)


It's more a point to point thing, since the common protocol is
9p. ads and redirections just let you plug the things together.


> (*) Via some crockery I send sound bytes from the cpu
> server via drawterm to the audio device of the sun.)
> 


The plan is actually to write some drivers in Linux and change u9fs
to let Linux export resources for us an also make it think that some
of our little trees are /dev things. But don't hold your breath :-)


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(*) Kidding here, even if you did not think so.