From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 22:24:57 -0700 Message-ID: From: Skip Tavakkolian To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan 9 on ESX? Topicbox-Message-UUID: 6fd05738-ead7-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 That was my conclusion too. But it would be useful if it worked; ESX is somewhat common in larger IT/corporate environments since most servers (not in the Plan 9 sense) are usually idle. On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 10:11 PM, erik quanstrom wr= ote: >> I don't know, ESX seems really good, but it has its drawbacks. > > like conceptually being a much bigger moving part than running > a server for the purpose. =A0seriously, you can have an atom server > for less than the cost of an esx license. > > having no other need for esx, of course. > > - erik >