From: "A. P. Garcia" <a.phillip.garcia@gmail.com>
To: Pierre DAVID <pdagog@gmail.com>
Cc: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society <tuhs@tuhs.org>
Subject: Re: [TUHS] Plan 9 from outer space ?
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2020 14:40:05 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAFCBnZvimRBVAA=e5mNkffF9OLLM2B4r0ht+br7zc8aHtqXtiA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200418165730.GA20272@vagabond>
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On Sat, Apr 18, 2020, 12:58 PM Pierre DAVID <pdagog@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>
Someone posted some pictures of the office area at Murray Hill to this
list. I seem to recall A plan 9 from outer space poster hanging.
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-04-18 18:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-04-18 16:57 Pierre DAVID
2020-04-18 18:40 ` A. P. Garcia [this message]
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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