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Plan 9 is really somewhat of a sad case. It's a beautiful gem that just exists by itself.
by anonymous 14y ago
Plan 9 is really somewhat of a sad case. It's a beautiful gem that just exists by itself.
- AceJohnny2 14y agoAs I understand it, Unix was a research OS that was accidentally sold. Then they made Plan 9 and that stayed a research OS, because Unix was good enough in the market.
- sliverstorm 14y agoIt wasn't accidentally sold. It was developed as a side project. I believe Bell Labs was required by a court ruling to license it for free, which aided in the initial growth in popularity. If I had to guess why Plan 9 stayed a research OS- well, Plan 9 was first released to universities in 1992. Linux was first released in 1991, 386BSD was launched in 1992, FreeBSD and NetBSD forked in 1993.
- mhurron 14y ago> Plan 9 was first released to universities in 1992 And it wasn't free.