From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <57BB9228.5070600@gmail.com> From: hiro <23hiro@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 23:41:26 +0200 Message-ID: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: Re: [9fans] Is 9Fans dead or alive Topicbox-Message-UUID: 9a0fb546-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 skip: what is straightforward and easy? your link seems like google plus is shutting down, but your post is gone? i'd like it if people would stick to one medium: i don't want to be forced to use a web browser to participate in discussions on this mailing list. On 8/30/16, Skip Tavakkolian wrote: > It is straightforward and easy: > > https://plus.google.com/+SkipTavakkolian/posts/Fb846KhBMM6 > > On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 11:54 AM Eduardo Alvarez > wrote: > >> I mostly lurk around here, as I'm greener than green when it comes to >> plan 9. At some point in time, a friend and I were discussing setting >> up a small-sized computing cluster for small scale distributed >> computations. I was keen on the idea of using inexpensive hardware (we >> even joked about using a truckloads of Raspberry Pis), and plan 9 >> seemed like an excellent candidate for the infrastructure. The biggest >> challenge was porting software to Plan 9. Sadly, the idea never took >> off. It would be a fun experiment. >> >> Eduardo Alvarez >> >> On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 3:41 PM, Jules Merit >> wrote: >> > Well let's hope someone does something. Mark-my-words is writing >> beautiful >> > code that has already been done. >> > >> > Push a little button, get .hot .chocolate. >> > -- Russ Cox Cable von Shane >> > >> > >> > On Aug 30, 2016 10:03 AM, "Skip Tavakkolian" >> > > > >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> I heard that too (I think the woot was for Go on Plan 9/ARM). I'm >> sorry I >> >> missed that meetup. >> >> >> >> I've been thinking about setting up a meetup for 9fans in Seattle >> >> area. >> >> There seems to be renewed interest (or perhaps it's my wishful >> thinking). >> >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 9:27 AM michaelian ennis >> >> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 12:26 PM, Skip Tavakkolian >> >>> wrote: >> >>> >> >>>> as a 9fan, I can say, not dead yet. In fact the population of 9fans >> >>>> in >> >>>> my neighborhood has doubled. >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> And for the county it has at least tripled. I heard at least one >> >>> other >> >>> woot for Plan9 at Brad Fitzpatrick's talk last week. :) >> >>> >> >>> Ian >> >> >