* [9fans] soon be 9 years since plan9 was available @ 2004-04-01 14:10 matt 2004-04-01 14:35 ` boyd, rounin ` (3 more replies) 0 siblings, 4 replies; 12+ messages in thread From: matt @ 2004-04-01 14:10 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9fans It will soon be 9 years since plan9 was announced to the world http://www.lucent.com/press/0795/950718.bla.html I found a picture of the team here : http://www.bell-labs.com/history/unix/ltcontributions.html I made a mock up of a new one here : http://www.proweb.co.uk/~matt/plan9/curse_of_glenda.html Seems it's about time to have a new picture taken :) Sorry, we were trying for an April fools but this is the best I could manage at 2 mins notice. m ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] soon be 9 years since plan9 was available 2004-04-01 14:10 [9fans] soon be 9 years since plan9 was available matt @ 2004-04-01 14:35 ` boyd, rounin 2004-04-01 16:12 ` Rob Pike 2004-04-01 14:54 ` boyd, rounin ` (2 subsequent siblings) 3 siblings, 1 reply; 12+ messages in thread From: boyd, rounin @ 2004-04-01 14:35 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9fans > It will soon be 9 years since plan9 was announced to the world it was up and running in the last '80s iirc. brucee securenet keyed into it from sydney :) ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] soon be 9 years since plan9 was available 2004-04-01 14:35 ` boyd, rounin @ 2004-04-01 16:12 ` Rob Pike 2004-04-01 16:23 ` C H Forsyth 2004-04-01 16:59 ` Dave Lukes 0 siblings, 2 replies; 12+ messages in thread From: Rob Pike @ 2004-04-01 16:12 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9fans >> It will soon be 9 years since plan9 was announced to the world the plan 9 'coming out' papers appeared at UKUUG in 1990. -rob ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] soon be 9 years since plan9 was available 2004-04-01 16:12 ` Rob Pike @ 2004-04-01 16:23 ` C H Forsyth 2004-04-01 16:28 ` Brantley Coile 2004-04-01 16:33 ` Fco.J.Ballesteros 2004-04-01 16:59 ` Dave Lukes 1 sibling, 2 replies; 12+ messages in thread From: C H Forsyth @ 2004-04-01 16:23 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9fans [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 24 bytes --] frightening, isn't it. [-- Attachment #2: Type: message/rfc822, Size: 2307 bytes --] From: Rob Pike <rob@mightycheese.com> To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] soon be 9 years since plan9 was available Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 08:12:38 -0800 Message-ID: <656AD03B-83F7-11D8-8EB1-000A95B984D8@mightycheese.com> >> It will soon be 9 years since plan9 was announced to the world the plan 9 'coming out' papers appeared at UKUUG in 1990. -rob ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] soon be 9 years since plan9 was available 2004-04-01 16:23 ` C H Forsyth @ 2004-04-01 16:28 ` Brantley Coile 2004-04-01 16:48 ` George Michaelson 2004-04-01 16:33 ` Fco.J.Ballesteros 1 sibling, 1 reply; 12+ messages in thread From: Brantley Coile @ 2004-04-01 16:28 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9fans Eric Levenez's Unix chart starts the Plan 9 line in 1986. I have it highlighted on the wall. It runs along without arrows branching into it for the bulk of the chart, while the rest of the Unix world is a chaos of incest between all the versions of Unix. It is truly telling. http://www.levenez.com/unix Brantley ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] soon be 9 years since plan9 was available 2004-04-01 16:28 ` Brantley Coile @ 2004-04-01 16:48 ` George Michaelson 0 siblings, 0 replies; 12+ messages in thread From: George Michaelson @ 2004-04-01 16:48 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9fans counting tech development generations akin to human ones, I suspect the incest is more like a small tribe rooting amongst itself a little more than you'd want, but not actually what claude levi-strauss would class as full on whack-jobs. mandatory mating with VMS and CTSS would of course be much more in the levi-strauss model of tribal anti-incest control.. -George ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] soon be 9 years since plan9 was available 2004-04-01 16:23 ` C H Forsyth 2004-04-01 16:28 ` Brantley Coile @ 2004-04-01 16:33 ` Fco.J.Ballesteros 1 sibling, 0 replies; 12+ messages in thread From: Fco.J.Ballesteros @ 2004-04-01 16:33 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9fans > frightening, isn't it. It isn't. At least if you consider that most people are using technology made for the environments in the (early) 70s. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] soon be 9 years since plan9 was available 2004-04-01 16:12 ` Rob Pike 2004-04-01 16:23 ` C H Forsyth @ 2004-04-01 16:59 ` Dave Lukes 1 sibling, 0 replies; 12+ messages in thread From: Dave Lukes @ 2004-04-01 16:59 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9fans > the plan 9 'coming out' papers appeared at UKUUG in 1990. Damn. After a nostalgic smile, I suddenly realised that my (ex-)wife has probably burned my original copy of the proceedings. :-(, Dave. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] soon be 9 years since plan9 was available 2004-04-01 14:10 [9fans] soon be 9 years since plan9 was available matt 2004-04-01 14:35 ` boyd, rounin @ 2004-04-01 14:54 ` boyd, rounin 2004-04-01 14:55 ` boyd, rounin 2004-04-01 15:33 ` rog 3 siblings, 0 replies; 12+ messages in thread From: boyd, rounin @ 2004-04-01 14:54 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9fans > http://www.lucent.com/press/0795/950718.bla.html where's ken? ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] soon be 9 years since plan9 was available 2004-04-01 14:10 [9fans] soon be 9 years since plan9 was available matt 2004-04-01 14:35 ` boyd, rounin 2004-04-01 14:54 ` boyd, rounin @ 2004-04-01 14:55 ` boyd, rounin 2004-04-01 15:33 ` rog 3 siblings, 0 replies; 12+ messages in thread From: boyd, rounin @ 2004-04-01 14:55 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9fans > I found a picture of the team here : > http://www.bell-labs.com/history/unix/ltcontributions.html oops, where's ken? ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] soon be 9 years since plan9 was available 2004-04-01 14:10 [9fans] soon be 9 years since plan9 was available matt ` (2 preceding siblings ...) 2004-04-01 14:55 ` boyd, rounin @ 2004-04-01 15:33 ` rog 2004-04-01 20:57 ` Derek Fawcus 3 siblings, 1 reply; 12+ messages in thread From: rog @ 2004-04-01 15:33 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9fans > Sorry, we were trying for an April fools but this is the best I could > manage at 2 mins notice. yeah, it's a bummer when April 1st arrives at 2 minutes notice. again. :-) ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] soon be 9 years since plan9 was available 2004-04-01 15:33 ` rog @ 2004-04-01 20:57 ` Derek Fawcus 0 siblings, 0 replies; 12+ messages in thread From: Derek Fawcus @ 2004-04-01 20:57 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9fans On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 04:33:09PM +0100, rog@vitanuova.com wrote: > yeah, it's a bummer when April 1st arrives at 2 minutes notice. Though I did like the story the Beeb news site trotted out today... Cluck, Cluck, Kaboom ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
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