finding nothing on google for Nantahala. any links?
-john
On Mon, May 13, 2024 at 3:42 AM <vic.thac...@fastmail.fm> wrote:
>
> Thank you, Sirjofri, nice idea.
>
> There are two private U.S. companies that are investing, developing, and
> using a closed source Plan 9 distribution called ᴁOS (aka ᴁ9). The companies
> have been in existence since 2020.
>
> Nantahala Holdings, LLC
> Nantahala Operations, LLC (dba Nantahala Systems)
>
> Vic
>
>
> On Mon, May 13, 2024, at 17:10, sirjofri wrote:
> > Hey all,
> >
> > Just about one topic mentioned by ibrahim:
> >
> > You mentioned that 9front can't be plan 9 in your perspective because
> > of this licensing and the "origin" of the licensing.
> >
> >> 9front isn't plan9 from my perspective. Plan 9 is the final release with
> >> patches for the files from sources I can be sure that those aren't taken
> >> from open source projects by copy and paste.
> > [1]
> >
> > I would make a big difference between what plan 9 is and what the
> > licenses are. Software doesn't care about licenses. People do (and they
> > should!).
> >
> > So what is plan 9 even? Can we compare it to UNIX™ or unix or posix?
> > Who knows...
> >
> > I guess I could say a lot more about that topic, but I guess that's
> > enough and you can puzzle everything else yourself.
> >
> > [1] (I would be very careful with such bold words. I feel like 9front
> > people have heard this phrase a lot and it's probably very thin ice for
> > a few people.)
> >
> > ---
> >
> > About another topic: you mentioned that plan 9 is in use for commercial
> > products, and you explicitly mention german medical sensors. I've never
> > heard about that and I'd like to learn more, as well as about other
> > companies who actually use plan 9.
> >
> > Everything I always hear in the industry is that plan 9 is outdated and
> > nobody uses it and nobody wants to hear about it. I only know of a
> > single company that uses it (coraid), plus a few little projects by taw
> > that could evolve into commercial products.
> >
> > I sometimes thought about building a list of companies that use plan 9
> > technology, just so people can get involved with them, and now that I'm
> > searching for a new job that's even more interesting for me personally.
> > (Not sure if I want to do plan 9 as $dayjob, but I could see it as an
> > option.) That topic should end up in a new thread however (or even a
> > DM).
> >
> > sirjofri
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