From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <70328bb00907181135j6e7a1c1dvdc66e346b28409a3@mail.gmail.com> References: <4A61E5CE.7080809@tecmav.com> <70328bb00907181135j6e7a1c1dvdc66e346b28409a3@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:49:06 -0400 Message-ID: <3aaafc130907181149j126b1671x7cd948962a608266@mail.gmail.com> From: "J.R. Mauro" To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [9fans] Question about Plan9 project Topicbox-Message-UUID: 25fa1560-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 2:35 PM, dorin bumbu 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 wr= ote: >> Hi all, >> >> As a professional user I think that Plan9 could be better than *nix for = a >> large class of =A0industrial - not time critical - applications but in I= taly >> nobody >> use it, except of no more than a dozen of fans. The University doesn't k= now >> 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, ev= en >> 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 >> >> > >