On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 9:00 AM, erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>wrote:

> > On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 2:36 AM, Admiral Fukov <admiralfukov@gmail.com
> >wrote:
> >
> > > I'm looking at
> > >
> > > http://plan9.bell-labs.com/sources/plan9/sys/src/
> > >
> > > and I noticed that most of the distribution hasn't been updated in
> > > years.
> > > Is the development of plan 9 abandoned?
> > >
> > >
> > There's a plan9changes google group I believe that will let you see the
> > commits that have been going in.
> >
> > Plan 9 is satisfying all it's users' needs at the moment.  There have
> been
> > proposals to make it more linuxy in the past, but we know where linux is
> if
> > we want it.
> >
> > That's not to say people aren't exploring new ways to develop it and make
> it
> > a better Plan 9.
>
> isn't the posting name "Admiral Fukov" enough to clue us in
> that this is just a troll?  that and the fact we get this one about
> once a year?
>
> - erik
>
>
Maybe.  If it's a troll, it is pointing out something that might not be
obvious to people on the outside.

 People are still using Plan 9
 People are still working on Plan 9