From: Ronald G Minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov>
To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan 9
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 07:18:50 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0111010717440.21565-100000@snaresland.acl.lanl.gov> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <slrn9u1uv0.70b.randolph@panix3.panix.com>
On Thu, 1 Nov 2001, Randolph Fritz wrote:
> ...lurklurklurk...
>
> In article <20011025124551.4A1E1199B5@mail.cse.psu.edu>, rob pike wrote:
> > The original reason behind Plan 9 is still the most important and,
> > unfortunately, is largely obscured by the need to make a distribution
> > and the desire for individuals to run it on PCs: a shared environment.
>
> Plan9 is, in other words, a platform for ubiquitous, collaborative
> computing. This, I think, reflects the social environment of Bell
> Labs. Whether or not this is a model worth pursuing in other
> contexts is left as an exercise for the student...
yes but ... just because that is what it was designed for does not mean
that is what it is limited to. I kind of doubt the designers anticipated
our little rack of DL360s running plan9. But it is pretty nice for
clusters.
ron
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Thread overview: 120+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-10-25 12:45 rob pike
2001-10-25 13:47 ` Borja Marcos
2001-10-25 21:52 ` Jim Choate
2001-10-26 8:35 ` Lucio De Re
2001-10-25 16:59 ` Wladimir Mutel
2001-11-01 9:47 ` Randolph Fritz
2001-11-01 14:18 ` Ronald G Minnich [this message]
2001-11-02 9:58 ` Thomas Bushnell, BSG
2001-11-02 11:43 ` Wladimir Mutel
2001-11-02 12:39 ` Alexander Viro
2001-11-05 14:11 ` Wladimir Mutel
2001-11-05 15:13 ` Alexander Viro
2001-11-05 16:30 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-11-05 17:37 ` Alexander Viro
2001-11-05 17:42 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-11-05 18:04 ` Alexander Viro
2001-11-05 18:30 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-11-05 19:58 ` Ronald G Minnich
2001-11-02 15:36 ` Ronald G Minnich
2001-11-02 15:42 ` andrey
2001-11-02 15:54 ` Ronald G Minnich
2001-11-05 15:01 ` Jonadab the Unsightly One
2001-11-05 15:29 ` Markus Friedl
2001-11-05 15:49 ` Lucio De Re
2001-11-06 10:23 ` Jonadab the Unsightly One
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-08-30 10:15 [9fans] plan 9 nigel
2002-08-30 9:57 Isaac Stern
2001-11-13 10:53 [9fans] Plan 9 Fco.J.Ballesteros
2001-11-09 22:39 David Gordon Hogan
2001-11-09 12:25 geoff
2001-11-12 10:32 ` Thomas Bushnell, BSG
2001-11-12 15:11 ` Ozan Yigit
2001-11-13 0:15 ` Jim Choate
2001-11-12 11:41 ` Sam Ducksworth
2001-11-13 10:25 ` Thomas Bushnell, BSG
2001-11-09 1:47 okamoto
2001-11-08 15:05 presotto
2001-11-08 14:44 forsyth
2001-11-08 14:02 presotto
2001-11-09 0:25 ` Dan Cross
2001-11-09 10:08 ` Thomas Bushnell, BSG
2001-11-09 17:31 ` Dan Cross
2001-11-12 10:33 ` Thomas Bushnell, BSG
2001-11-13 2:10 ` Dan Cross
2001-11-13 10:34 ` Thomas Bushnell, BSG
2001-11-08 13:07 Bruce Janson
2001-11-09 10:07 ` Thomas Bushnell, BSG
2001-11-08 13:06 rob pike
2001-11-09 10:08 ` Thomas Bushnell, BSG
2001-11-07 18:05 anothy
2001-11-07 17:43 anothy
2001-11-07 17:47 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-11-07 17:28 Russ Cox
2001-11-08 10:39 ` Thomas Bushnell, BSG
2001-11-08 19:38 ` Steve Kilbane
2001-11-09 10:18 ` Thomas Bushnell, BSG
2001-11-07 12:58 rob pike
2001-11-08 10:39 ` Thomas Bushnell, BSG
2001-11-07 11:00 geoff
2001-11-08 10:39 ` Thomas Bushnell, BSG
2001-11-07 10:03 forsyth
2001-11-08 10:38 ` Thomas Bushnell, BSG
2001-11-07 1:09 David Gordon Hogan
2001-11-06 18:46 anothy
2001-11-07 9:44 ` Thomas Bushnell, BSG
2001-11-06 18:14 forsyth
2001-11-07 9:43 ` Thomas Bushnell, BSG
2001-11-06 18:07 presotto
2001-11-07 9:44 ` Thomas Bushnell, BSG
2001-11-06 16:59 anothy
2001-11-06 17:54 ` Thomas Bushnell, BSG
2001-11-06 13:45 nigel
2001-11-06 13:33 rob pike
2001-11-06 17:53 ` Thomas Bushnell, BSG
2001-11-06 1:14 presotto
2001-11-06 1:30 ` Scott Schwartz
2001-11-06 1:37 ` YAMANASHI Takeshi
2001-11-05 21:47 David Gordon Hogan
2001-11-05 21:53 ` andrey
2001-11-06 10:31 ` Jonadab the Unsightly One
2001-11-06 10:32 ` Thomas Bushnell, BSG
2001-11-06 10:43 ` pac
2001-11-05 21:04 rob pike
2001-11-05 21:00 Richard Miller
2001-11-05 18:18 anothy
2001-11-06 1:06 ` YAMANASHI Takeshi
2001-11-06 10:31 ` Jonadab the Unsightly One
2001-11-06 10:32 ` Thomas Bushnell, BSG
2001-11-05 17:45 forsyth
2001-11-05 17:44 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-11-06 10:31 ` Jonadab the Unsightly One
2001-11-06 13:34 ` Tomas
2001-11-05 15:48 presotto
2001-11-06 10:31 ` Jonadab the Unsightly One
2001-11-06 10:32 ` Thomas Bushnell, BSG
2001-11-06 17:53 ` Ozan Yigit
2001-11-02 18:36 Russ Cox
2001-11-05 16:49 ` Jonadab the Unsightly One
2001-11-05 17:21 ` Ian Cooper
2001-11-06 10:30 ` Jonadab the Unsightly One
2001-11-02 17:57 forsyth
2001-11-02 18:22 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-11-02 17:26 Russ Cox
2001-11-02 18:29 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-11-05 10:21 ` Thomas Bushnell, BSG
2001-11-05 16:49 ` Jonadab the Unsightly One
2001-11-05 17:08 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-11-06 10:23 ` Jonadab the Unsightly One
2001-11-02 13:53 rob pike
2001-11-05 10:20 ` Thomas Bushnell, BSG
2001-10-29 21:08 David Gordon Hogan
2001-11-05 15:00 ` Jonadab the Unsightly One
2001-10-26 15:12 Russ Cox
2001-10-29 10:16 ` Ozan Yigit
2001-10-25 17:52 Russ Cox
2001-10-26 9:23 ` Wladimir Mutel
2001-10-26 15:03 ` William Josephson
2001-10-26 20:14 ` Dan Adkins
1998-11-13 8:29 Scott
1998-11-11 21:08 Mats
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