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Started by Mark Feldman
Tue, 14 Apr 1992 10:06
Re: Plan 9 and Unicode
Author: Mark Feldman
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 10:06
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 10:06
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Could anyone give a summary of the significant features of the Plan 9 OS, the significance of Plan 9 itself if other than just being another research OS, and possibly a reference to a paper that goes into more detail? I've seen it mentioned now several times during discussions about Unicode and am ignorant enough not to have heard of it otherwise. Thanks very much, Mark Feldman Sequent Computer Systems, Inc. feldmark@sequent.com -- Mark Feldman Sequent Computer Systems, Inc. feldmark@sequent.com feldmark@psq.mei.co.jp
Re: Plan 9 and Unicode
Author: Bill "Bill" Tuthill
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 22:43
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 22:43
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feldmark@eng3.sequent.com (Mark Feldman) writes: > > Could anyone give a summary of the significant features of the Plan 9 > OS, the significance of Plan 9 itself if other than just being another > research OS, and a reference to a paper that goes into more detail? There's a good introduction to Plan 9 in this month's Unix Review magazine. Plan 9 is significant because it puts into question the whole client/server computing model used by Unix workstations today. The authors believe that general-purpose workstations do not make efficient use of resources. Like early Unix, Plan 9 takes a "backpacker" approach by rejecting things that aren't really necessary. It will be licensed to universities shortly. Another significant operating system nearly on the horizon is Microsoft's NT, which also supports Unicode.
Re: Plan 9 and Unicode
Author: Peter Salus
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 13:00
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 13:00
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In article <FELDMARK.92Apr14100600@eng3.eng3.sequent.com> feldmark@eng3.sequent.com (Mark Feldman) writes: >Could anyone give a summary of the significant features of the Plan 9 >OS, the significance of Plan 9 itself if other than just being another >research OS, and possibly a reference to a paper that goes into more >detail? There is a great set of Plan 9 papers in the July 1990 UKUUG Proceedings. Several of the papers are also available via ftp from research.att.com, I believe. Peter -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sun User Group, Inc; Suite 315; 1330 Beacon St.; Brookline, MA 02146 voice +1 617 232-0514 fax +1 617 232-1347
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