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From: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ca>
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Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 13:02:49 -0800
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Subject: Re: [9fans] microsoft's plan 9 distribution
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Ethan Gardener writes:

> I got excited for a moment, but then I saw, "This server contains
> protocols that support Linux metadata, including permissions."  It's
> going to be 9p2000.L or yet another incompatible fork of the protocol.

Is Upspin an alternative?  (Not helpful if you're required to talk to
specific AFS infrastructure.)

--lyndon