On 10/10/07, Anselm R. Garbe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think Plan 9 hasn't been a success because the Bell Labs made > it available under an Open Source license too late. If they'd > released it earlier there would have been chances of earlier > adaption in todays OS designs. A key to Unix' success was that > it has been available (in form of BSD and Linux) to students for > nearly the last two decades, which can't be said of Plan 9.
I mostly agree, but it could have survived being closed-source if it weren't for the glacial development process. On the other hand, I don't think mass deployment was a founding goal of Plan 9. -- # Kurt H Maier
