Re: [9fans] Google finally announces their lightweight OS

[erik quanstrom <quanstro@coraid.com>]

you say

> I think, Google did not choose Plan 9 due lack of device drivers, poor
> IPv6 support and confusing redundant fragment of code lurking around in
>   /sys/boot or 9load, but a compared with Linux a compact, clean and
> much more efficient FreeBSD could definitely have been a better choice.

but then

> But that's [linux] still a huge hog and spaghetti code; needs a lot of cleanup,
> which I don't think is going to happen in the near future.

i think you're going to have to pick a lane.

and having fought with both the linux and plan 9 boot process,
i can assure you that the plan 9 boot process is simplier and more
straightfoward.  /sys/boot is trivial compared to a linux initrd.

- erik