[9fans] Plan 9 IRL

[9fans] Plan 9 IRL

[Comeau At9Fans]

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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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Re: [9fans] Plan 9 IRL

[Jack Norton]

Anybody remember Rangboom?  Well see here:
http://www.9netics.com/

Of course, the people behind this are on this list.

Although it reads as a "who's who" among 9fans, their respective
connections to industry are listed where applicable here:
http://www.cs.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/people/index.html
Not guaranteed to be exhaustive, but a start nonetheless.

That might be the closest thing to a Plan 9 real world application
database.


-Jack

Re: [9fans] Plan 9 IRL

[Skip Tavakkolian]

it is available here:

https://www.rangboom.com

beware it is a DSL link at the moment.

-Skip

On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 1:12 PM, Jack Norton <jack@0x6a.com> wrote:
> Anybody remember Rangboom?  Well see here:
> http://www.9netics.com/
>
> Of course, the people behind this are on this list.
>
> Although it reads as a "who's who" among 9fans, their respective connections
> to industry are listed where applicable here:
> http://www.cs.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/people/index.html
> Not guaranteed to be exhaustive, but a start nonetheless.
>
> That might be the closest thing to a Plan 9 real world application database.
>
>
> -Jack
>
>

Re: [9fans] Plan 9 IRL

[John Floren]

Certificate seems to have expired...

On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 2:00 PM, Skip Tavakkolian
<skip.tavakkolian@gmail.com> wrote:
> it is available here:
>
> https://www.rangboom.com
>
> beware it is a DSL link at the moment.
>
> -Skip
>
> On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 1:12 PM, Jack Norton <jack@0x6a.com> wrote:
>> Anybody remember Rangboom?  Well see here:
>> http://www.9netics.com/
>>
>> Of course, the people behind this are on this list.
>>
>> Although it reads as a "who's who" among 9fans, their respective connections
>> to industry are listed where applicable here:
>> http://www.cs.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/people/index.html
>> Not guaranteed to be exhaustive, but a start nonetheless.
>>
>> That might be the closest thing to a Plan 9 real world application database.
>>
>>
>> -Jack
>>
>>
>
>

Re: [9fans] Plan 9 IRL

[erik quanstrom]

On Sun May  8 11:58:29 EDT 2011, jaketodd422@gmail.com wrote:

> Coraid uses plan 9 in a few places; I think firmware that ships with their
> hardware is a stripped down plan 9. I know there's other companies that use
> plan 9, but I'm drawing a blank on them right now.

if you want to participate in this first hand and are willing
to move to the athens, ga or redwood city, ca areas, send along
those resumes.

- erik

Re: [9fans] Plan 9 IRL

[Jacob Todd]

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Coraid uses plan 9 in a few places; I think firmware that ships with their
hardware is a stripped down plan 9. I know there's other companies that use
plan 9, but I'm drawing a blank on them right now.

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