Subj : Re: Computer operating system of choice?
To   : tenser
From : Sporathan
Date : Tue Feb 08 2022 23:50:18

 te> I run the full network setup: auth, CPU, file server, and terminal
 te> all on separate physical machines.

Ah ok that makes sense.

 te> I also understand its internals really well, having made major
 te> changes to the kernel and userspace over the years.  I'm still
 te> on the technical advisory group.

Very cool! I didn't realize it was still alive, that alive!

 te> That said, I wouldn't really recommend that people try and do the
 te> sort of stuff I'm doing with it; it is flaky.  For example, the
....
 te> pretty reliably and is a great way to kick the tires.  It is fun
 te> to mess around with, and will stretch your brain in interesting
 te> ways.

A few of us dabbled with it at work (I worked for AT&T Labs for a bit). I didn't get too much into it, at the time (~2000) I was a bit more obsessed with BeOS. 

 te> http://pub.gajendra.net/2016/05/plan9part1 is an introduction I
 te> wrote a few years ago that may prove interesting.

Added to my spring project list!

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