Re: [9fans] What is it used for today?

[Jim Choate <ravage@ssz.com>]

On Mon, 24 Sep 2001, Matt J wrote:

> I've been reading some of the papers about plan9 and the FAQ's.  Having
> never actually used it before, what are people using it for today?  I
> think the concepts behind it are great, but don't see much use of it in
> the non-scientific community (like the average business).  Maybe it's
> not meant for business....  Thanks for your opinions...

Consider a grocery chain. IO servers for registers. File servers for
managing stock tracking, purchasing, and payroll. Process serves to manage
those spikey loads. With inherent distribution the file and process
functions would provide a distributed backup mechanism.

Consider a doctors office as part of a hospital and how having mobile
global sign-on could be effective in their work.

Consider a wireless network and public safety in an emergency and getting
access to important documentation out in a field.

These examples, by using a Plan 9 model inherit robustness and a level of
fail-over 'out of the box' that under other OS'es require extensive
tweeking.

There are other examples at,

http://einstein.ssz.com/hangar18


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