Been there, done that. Not a line of text saying why 9atom appeared nor why
the changes are not merged back into plan9.

2011/2/13 Sergey Zhilkin <szhilkin@gmail.com>

> Hello ! :)
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> Go to the http://www.quanstro.net/plan9/9atom/ and read the few lines of
> text.
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> On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 1:49 PM, Eugene Gorodinsky <e.gorodinsky@gmail.com
> > wrote:
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>> This question has been bugging me for some time and I haven't found any
>> discussions on the matter. It seems that at least the devices support could
>> go into the original plan9 kernel. What's the reason for having a fork?
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> С наилучшими пожеланиями
> Жилкин Сергей
> With best regards
> Zhilkin Sergey
>