From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 04:57:50 +0000 Message-ID: From: Justin Jackson To: 9fans@9fans.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: [9fans] Independent Study Topic Topicbox-Message-UUID: c14eab98-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Hi everyone, I've been lurking for the past few months and I've really enjoyed reading the messages from this list. I'm looking for some ideas or advice---here's the story: I'm pursuing a Master's degree in computer science at a small school with limited options for classes. I'm enrolled in a graduate-level course in distributed systems, but the material isn't on my level. The professor understands my predicament and might allow me to do an independent study on the subject, but I would need something specific to work on. I would love to do something with Plan 9...I'm just not sure what. Compare and contrast it with other systems? Find a novel use for 9P? I'm not very good at coming up with creative topics, so any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. -Justin P.S. In what seems to be a grave injustice, the textbook only mentions Plan 9 on one page, and only points out the per-process namespaces and the ability to merge directories with bind. Absolutely nothing on 9P. Argh!