I don't remember any Plan 9 by the Beatles--I think you're thinking of 
Revolution Number 9, the avant-garde influence mash-up (what a premonition of 
modern mash-up techniques!) on the White Album

Plan 9 from Outer Space was the inspiration for Plan 9 from Bell Labs.


Andy

----- Original Message -----
From: john saylor <[email protected]>
To: Tom Metro <[email protected]>
Cc: L-boston-pm <[email protected]>
Sent: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:10:37 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: [Boston.pm] Plan 9

On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 1:51 AM, Tom Metro<[email protected]> wrote:
> Yesterday I saw a Toyota Matrix in Watertown with a vanity plate that read
> "PLAN 9." I wondered if it was someone on one of the local tech lists.

yeah- i've seen it too.

> What was the history again? A bad sci-fi film, then an OS?

song by the beatles ... ~


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