21 Aug
1999
21 Aug
'99
6:06 a.m.
In message <l03102807b3e21709c5ad(a)[208.135.14.73]>3]>, Mike Ford writes:
I love it!!! Now if we could only convice the earthlings that
they really aren't stupid (well at least not always).
Brian
Brian L. Stuart
wrote:
Interesting since the marketing behind M$ OSes is directly from Plan 9 from
outer space, "you earthlings are stupid, stupid, stupid."
Best I can do before my morning tea, and yes its been one of those days. And bringing it full circle, Brazil is the name
of the latest
research OS at Bell Labs from the same folks who brought you
UNIX. They seem to take great pride in naming systems with
names that make marketing cringe. The predecessor to Brazil
was Plan 9 after the infamous sci-fi movie Plan 9 From Outer
Space.
Actually, I think the full name is "Plan 9 from Bell Labs", which is more
faithful to the original title than "Plan 9" would be. You're right about
making marketing cringe, though!