On May 22, 2005, at 11:54 AM, Jon Drews wrote:
A while back the CWE-LUG members were interested in thin clients. I
thought I would ask what happened to Plan 9? It seems to be like a
thin client:
"Plan 9 is a distributed system that provides support for UNIX-like
applications in an environment built from distinct CPU servers, file
servers, and terminals connected by a variety of networks...."
Plan 9 from Bell Labs
http://plan9.bell-labs.com/sys/doc/9.html
Anyone know why this never caught on?
Dunno. Maybe it did, but only in niche areas. There are often a lot
of reasons why really cool technology doesn't catch on: timing,
funding, awareness, competing technology, licensing, etc.
Regards,
- Robert
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