From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <57BB9228.5070600@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: From: Skip Tavakkolian Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 19:36:21 +0000 Message-ID: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=94eb2c0ba74812f4df053b4f1972 Subject: Re: [9fans] Is 9Fans dead or alive Topicbox-Message-UUID: 9a03dc30-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --94eb2c0ba74812f4df053b4f1972 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 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 > > --94eb2c0ba74812f4df053b4f1972 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 11:54 AM E= duardo Alvarez <astrocheloni= an@gmail.com> wrote:
I mostl= y 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
<= jules.merit.eurocorp.us@gmail.com> wrote:
> Well let's hope someone does something. Mark-my-words is writing b= eautiful
> 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" <skip.tavakkolian@gmail= .com>
> wrote:
>>
>> I heard that too (I think the woot was for Go on Plan 9/ARM).=C2= =A0 I'm sorry I
>> missed that meetup.
>>
>> I've been thinking about setting up a meetup for 9fans in Seat= tle 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
>> <michaelian.ennis@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 12:26 PM, Skip Tavakkolian
>>> <skip.tavakkolian@gmail.com> 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.=C2=A0 I heard at l= east one other
>>> woot for Plan9 at Brad Fitzpatrick's talk last week.=C2=A0= :)
>>>
>>> Ian

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