Plan 9, GNOT, 5620 terminals - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

29 Mar 2008

From: Jeff Jonas <jeffj at panix.com>
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   From:
"John Floren" <slawmaster at gmail.com>  
  I already have VMS on my Alpha and the VAX; if I
can't get Research
 Unix on the VAX, I'll stay with VMS. The later additions to Research
 Unix evolved in some interesting directions which eventually led to
 Plan 9, the OS I develop for at work.  
 Are you also using Inferno and Limbo?
 The last I knew, Rob Pike was still active with Plan 9.
 Can't you ask him directly since any Plan 9 user
 ought to be a "close personal friend of ..." :-)
 Or is all that gone with the Alcatel merger? 
You might want to check out the 9fans mailing list.
There also one for inferno, though you'll see some
inferno discussion on 9fans too.  You can get to
them at:

9fans-request at 9fans.net (used to be 9fans-request at cse.psu.edu)
inferno-list-request at vitanuova.com

As to the people, Rob, and some of the others, are
at Google now.  They still frequent the list, but
aren't actively involved anymore.  On the other hand,
there are several who are still involved as well as
a small, but strong community.  And no, we're not
all close personal friends.  In fact, I haven't even
met any of them.  Before his retirement, Dennis was
on the list and he would probably have a pretty good
idea if any of the 8th-10th editions were still around.
At least in the fall, he still had his office at BellLabs
but I don't know if his email address there still works.

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