Re: Ken Thompson interview in IEEE Computer magazine (fwd)

Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH (allbery@kf8nh.apk.net)
Sat, 08 May 1999 13:51:21 -0400

In message <XFMail.990508170618.simon@irial.com>, Simon Kenyon writes:
+-----
| if memory serves me correctly (i can't find my 8th edition manual just at the
| moment) both 8th and 9th were pretty conventional UNII
| plan 9 came after the 9th edition
| and inferno came after plan 9
+--->8

And Plan 9 didn't become "commercially available" until *after* development
was stopped, IIRC.

Moreover, it's still very early in its life cycle compared to Unix. It's
still at about the same stage as 6th Research Edition Unix was --- so it's a
bit premature to call it a failure. All it would really take would be for
some analog of UCB-CSRG to pick it up....

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