Hi, I recently read various papers on 8 1/2, private namespaces and the like, that are different from unix. Do you think these advancements over unix were successful?
For example: - The idea of using files for networking, did this prove superior over sockets? - Why was 8 1/2 abandoned? Is it because the graphics is much advanced over bitmap operations? Does plan9 use Xorg now? I think at least the idea of having a single private console sounds good. - Having private namespaces means maintaining a namespace *per- process*. Would this not be more complicated than having a single one? Is there a paper that compares or evaluates how well Plan9's new features performed over Unix? Thanks, Bahadir
