Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
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From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Plan 9?
Message-ID: <1988Aug18.182326.29144@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
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Date: Thu, 18 Aug 88 18:23:26 GMT

In article <565@unisv.UUCP> vanpelt@unisv.UUCP (Mike Van Pelt) writes:
>"Plan 9"... as in "Plan 9 From Outer Space"?  

"Plan 9 from Bell Labs", actually.

>Somehow I have to think they're going to change the name
>before marketing it.

They're not marketing it.  It is strictly a research system.  Unless AT&T
does a bit of a turnaround, the only way you'll ever see it is when bits
of it start showing up in System V Release 57.

>Sounds interesting, though.  Who's working on it; where can
>I get more information? ...

The Bell Labs research crowd (Ritchie, Pike, et al).  Check recent Usenix
and EUUG proceedings for relevant papers.
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