Thank you, Sirjofri, nice idea. There are two private U.S. companies that are investing, developing, and using a closed source Plan 9 distribution called ᴁOS (aka ᴁ9). The companies have been in existence since 2020.
Nantahala Holdings, LLC Nantahala Operations, LLC (dba Nantahala Systems) Vic On Mon, May 13, 2024, at 17:10, sirjofri wrote: > Hey all, > > Just about one topic mentioned by ibrahim: > > You mentioned that 9front can't be plan 9 in your perspective because > of this licensing and the "origin" of the licensing. > >> 9front isn't plan9 from my perspective. Plan 9 is the final release with >> patches for the files from sources I can be sure that those aren't taken >> from open source projects by copy and paste. > [1] > > I would make a big difference between what plan 9 is and what the > licenses are. Software doesn't care about licenses. People do (and they > should!). > > So what is plan 9 even? Can we compare it to UNIX™ or unix or posix? > Who knows... > > I guess I could say a lot more about that topic, but I guess that's > enough and you can puzzle everything else yourself. > > [1] (I would be very careful with such bold words. I feel like 9front > people have heard this phrase a lot and it's probably very thin ice for > a few people.) > > --- > > About another topic: you mentioned that plan 9 is in use for commercial > products, and you explicitly mention german medical sensors. I've never > heard about that and I'd like to learn more, as well as about other > companies who actually use plan 9. > > Everything I always hear in the industry is that plan 9 is outdated and > nobody uses it and nobody wants to hear about it. I only know of a > single company that uses it (coraid), plus a few little projects by taw > that could evolve into commercial products. > > I sometimes thought about building a list of companies that use plan 9 > technology, just so people can get involved with them, and now that I'm > searching for a new job that's even more interesting for me personally. > (Not sure if I want to do plan 9 as $dayjob, but I could see it as an > option.) That topic should end up in a new thread however (or even a > DM). > > sirjofri ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/Tad3dc0c93039a7d2-M3cce19283b50acc036e39c94 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
