18 Aug
1999
18 Aug
'99
3:17 p.m.
Brian L. Stuart wrote:
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!
-- Derek