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