From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <348140488.6702383.1514581916226.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <348140488.6702383.1514581916226@mail.yahoo.com> From: "James A. Robinson" Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2017 05:41:14 -0800 Message-ID: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="94eb2c0d27368b795505618ee9c3" Subject: Re: [9fans] Inferno on Plan9 Topicbox-Message-UUID: c7b80318-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --94eb2c0d27368b795505618ee9c3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Some folks did put Inferno onto an Android phone: https://bluishcoder.co.nz/2012/06/11/building-inferno-os-for-android-phones= .html I think part of what drives the directions many companies take is how easy it is to bring new people on board to do the development. It's probably quite easy to bring in people to program on a Linux based platform, easier than bringing people in to learn an OS they probably haven't even heard of. On Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 3:37 AM, Andre Wingor wrote= : > On 12/29/17, Brian L. Stuart wrote: > =E2=80=8B > > =E2=80=8B[...] > I don't understand why there is still no Inferno for smartphones, it > =E2=80=8B=E2=80=8B > was sharpened for such devices > =E2=80=8B [...]=E2=80=8B > > =E2=80=8B=E2=80=8B --94eb2c0d27368b795505618ee9c3 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Some folks did put Inferno onto an Andr= oid phone:

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On Sat, Dec 30, 2017= at 3:37 AM, Andre Wingor <andrewingor@gmail.com> wrote:=
On 12/29/17, Brian L. Stuart <blstuart@bellsouth.net> wrote:
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