Re: [9fans] Question about Plan9 project

["J.R. Mauro" <jrm8005@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 2:35 PM, dorin bumbu<bumbudorin@gmail.com> wrote:
> There are thousands of devices shipped with Microsoft Windows CE prior
> to version 4 (.NET). For these devices MS never offered patches even
> if these versions had lots of bugs, nor even standard C libraries
> (thank God there is wcecompat). And there are lot of projects that
> reached 10+ years (with workarounds, of course), and still in
> production. I don't think the risk of using Plan 9 is greather than
> the risk assumend by those who developed with WCE prior to 4.

I was going to say something to that effect -- Plan 9 is by and large
pretty stable, and on the same hardware, even no updates would leave
you with a fairly reliable system.

>
> Dorin
>
> On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 4:10 PM, Adriano Verardo<a.verardo@tecmav.com> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> As a professional user I think that Plan9 could be better than *nix for a
>> large class of  industrial - not time critical - applications but in Italy
>> nobody
>> use it, except of no more than a dozen of fans. The University doesn't know
>> it at all.
>> Of course, this is what I see. I would be happy if the picture were
>> different.
>>
>> Speaking with my clients I see that almost all appreciate Plan9. But, even
>> if some
>> of them defined it "fascinating", the common sense is that, without
>> guarantees about
>> its longevity, it could be a wrong choice.
>>
>> How can I reply to this objection ?
>>
>> Reading the thread about plan9.bell-lab.com I understand that Bell Labs
>> are no more directly committed in the project. Is it correct ?
>>
>> Adriano
>>
>>
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