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To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
From: Randolph Fritz <randolph@panix.com>
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References: <20011025124551.4A1E1199B5@mail.cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan 9
Date: Thu,  1 Nov 2001 09:47:11 +0000
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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...

Randolph

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