From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <4ECA333A.2010600@gmail.com> <4ECA89D4.9080803@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 12:35:07 -0800 Message-ID: From: ron minnich 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] 9vx instability Topicbox-Message-UUID: 450c4e44-ead7-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 10:25 AM, erik quanstrom wr= ote: >> This, to be honest, doesn't say much. >> However, recently I stumbled over this: >> http://www.sptechweb.com/content/article.aspx?ArticleID=3D35742&print=3D= true > > geoff did cwfs, and has done more to maintain the system > than the rest of us put together. =A0he has my respect for that. > > thanks, geoff. Absolutely. What was interesting when I was frequently updating sysfromiso was watching the continuous flow of improvements in code from Bell Labs. But in the Plan 9 style, the number of lines changed could be small in number, yet potent in impact. Plan 9 is very much alive. It lacks the near continuous code churn of many open source projects -- a virtue! -- while continuing to add new support for new hardware and code improvements. Changes are not made for change sake; they are made because they make real improvements in the system. It's hard not to like that. ron