[9fans] Plan 9 IRL

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Hi, I've have some curiosity about a few things for a while.  The thread
about the web and Plan 9 got me rethinking…  It's often touted that Plan 9
is a research OS, and I believe that, and I understand some of the
implications of that (could swear I went to a NYC USENIX(?) meeting at the
foot of the Brooklyn Bridge (Pratt?) to hear Ken and somebody else describe
it around what must have been circa 1987?).  But I also believe there was
also commercial undertones to Plan 9 at some points.  Plus, as well, I'm
certain that Plan 9 is obviously not just being used by hobbyists and
schools and would probably be surprised to here some of the places and some
of the things it is being used at/on/with.


So, is there  is a good sampling provided somewhere of Plan 9 in the real
world (commercial or otherwise), notable projects using Plan 9, etc?
Although I do see the Bell Labs site mentioning some applications ported to
Plan 9 and a short list of organizations using it, I haven't run across much
else.


For instance, one thing I always like about what Stroustrup did re C++ was
to provide a good representational sampling of C++ via say:


  http://www2.research.att.com/~bs/applications.html


and of compilers via say:


  http://www2.research.att.com/~bs/compilers.html


As he writes it is incomplete, but nonetheless still helpful documents IMO.
Does something exist to that level in regards to Plan 9?

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