From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jim Choate To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] What is it used for today? In-Reply-To: <3BADD92F.9AB525C2@invisik.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 07:34:08 -0500 Topicbox-Message-UUID: f11a2bce-eac9-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 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 -- ____________________________________________________________________ Kill them all, take their land, and go there for vacation. Rage Against The Machine The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage@ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------