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From: Pierre DAVID <pdagog@gmail.com>
To: tuhs@tuhs.org
Subject: [TUHS] Plan 9 from outer space ?
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2020 18:57:30 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200418165730.GA20272@vagabond> (raw)

There is a widespred anecdote that "Plan 9" name comes from the 
movie "Plan 9 From Outer Space".

Since I didn't find anything more than a reference to this 
anecdote (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plan_9_from_Bell_Labs 
for example), I forced myself to watch the movie until the end 
(what a pain!).

Guess what? I couldn't find the link between the film and the 
beloved OS.

I'm sure there are people here who know more. Thanks in advance 
for sharing your knowledge with us.

Pierre

             reply	other threads:[~2020-04-18 16:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-04-18 16:57 Pierre DAVID [this message]
2020-04-18 18:40 ` A. P. Garcia
2020-04-18 21:38 ` Dave Horsfall
2020-04-18 17:20 Richard Tobin
2020-04-18 17:23 ` Pierre DAVID
2020-04-18 17:44   ` Warner Losh
2020-04-18 17:49     ` Royce Williams
2020-04-18 22:26       ` Rob Pike
     [not found]         ` <CAG=a+rgFs6ZB9X7H=hZnP4thm4r0xP_2c-apfeOEbM936zXkaA@mail.gmail.com>
2020-04-19  1:28           ` Rob Pike
2020-04-19  2:51             ` Adam Thornton
2020-04-19  3:09 Doug McIlroy
2020-04-19 14:35 Norman Wilson
2020-04-19 15:59 ` Daniel Camoles
2020-04-19 22:19   ` Rob Pike
2020-04-20  7:42     ` arnold
2020-04-20 17:35       ` Christopher Browne
2020-04-20 20:49         ` Rob Pike
2020-04-23 15:33           ` Álvaro Jurado
2020-04-23 17:10             ` Richard Salz
2020-04-19 23:42 ` A. P. Garcia
2020-04-20  2:27   ` Michael Usher via TUHS
2020-04-20  2:50     ` Rob Pike
2020-04-20  3:08       ` George Michaelson
2020-04-20  4:39       ` Warner Losh
2020-04-24 20:55   ` Dave Horsfall

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