Clarifying Lucio's Additional Requests [Was: Re: [9fans] List of companies that use Plan 9. ]

2024-05-14 Thread vic . thacker
Firstly, congratulations to Lucio on the progress with getting Fossil running under 9front. A heartfelt thank you to everyone who offered their support and assistance to make this possible! I only say this as a person who wants to celebrate successes. FWIW, I’d like to help clarify the

Re: [9fans] List of companies that use Plan 9.

2024-05-14 Thread John the Scott
finding nothing on google for Nantahala. any links? -john On Mon, May 13, 2024 at 3:42 AM 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 >

Re: [9fans] List of companies that use Plan 9.

2024-05-14 Thread Lucio De Re
If this comes across as a troll, keep in mind that it is your interpretation that makes it so, a lesson we South Africans are still busy learning, at our country's expense. I've got Fossil running under 9front; thanks to all those who prodded me (and others). I would be happier knowing that there

Re: [9fans] List of companies that use Plan 9.

2024-05-14 Thread michaelian ennis
> On May 14, 2024, at 12:07, tlaro...@kergis.com wrote: > M > This is another illustration of "The Mythical Man-Month". There were many lessons from “The Mythical Man Month” that seem glaringly missing from management decisions during those days. It was shocking. There were other more

Re: [9fans] List of companies that use Plan 9.

2024-05-14 Thread Wes Kussmaul
On 5/14/24 15:05, tlaro...@kergis.com wrote: I don't know if black holes do exist but I'm convinced that there are already, out there, software implementations of black holes: things that will collapse under their own weight. The biggest black hole of them all: https://silibandia.com

Re: [9fans] List of companies that use Plan 9.

2024-05-14 Thread tlaronde
On Tue, May 14, 2024 at 06:54:02PM +0100, Steve Simon wrote: > [html edited] > > coraid has an interesting history. > https://www.information-age.com/silicon-valley-can-kill-business-man-scolded-machine-6832/ This is another illustration of "The Mythical Man-Month". I still think there is place

Re: [9fans] List of companies that use Plan 9.

2024-05-14 Thread vic . thacker
On Wed, May 15, 2024, at 02:54, Steve Simon wrote: > coraid has an interesting history. > > Brantley-Coile.jpg > How Silicon Valley can kill your business, by a man scolded by the > machine > >

Re: [9fans] List of companies that use Plan 9.

2024-05-14 Thread Steve Simon
coraid has an interesting history.How Silicon Valley can kill your business, by a man scolded by the machineinformation-age.comBrantley now has the Coraid name back too and is using plan9 to this day.-SteveOn 14 May 2024, at 5:39 pm, arn...@skeeve.com wrote:"B. Atticus Grobe" wrote:As for

Re: [9fans] List of companies that use Plan 9.

2024-05-14 Thread vic . thacker
On Wed, May 15, 2024, at 01:30, B. Atticus Grobe wrote: > Oh, I think it's great that people are using it. I simply find the > obfuscatory nature of your presentation to be suspicious. It is generally > considered to be good etiquette to disclose affiliations to a company > during discussions.

Re: [9fans] List of companies that use Plan 9.

2024-05-14 Thread arnold
"B. Atticus Grobe" wrote: > As for companies that use 9, Coraid (Brantley Coile) was invested in 9 for > their network storage systems, although it's possible their newer products > don't utilize it. They still do. See his posts on LinkedIn. Arnold --

Re: [9fans] List of companies that use Plan 9.

2024-05-14 Thread B. Atticus Grobe
Oh, I think it's great that people are using it. I simply find the obfuscatory nature of your presentation to be suspicious. It is generally considered to be good etiquette to disclose affiliations to a company during discussions. Failure to do so is not necessarily damning, but is certainly a

Re: [9fans] List of companies that use Plan 9.

2024-05-14 Thread vic . thacker
On Tue, May 14, 2024, at 23:12, B. Atticus Grobe wrote: > Taking the time to go through that, it's literally just you; your LLC. > Interesting the you didn't feel the need for transparency and simply say > 'this is my company.' The intention of this thread was to highlight which companies are

Re: [9fans] List of companies that use Plan 9.

2024-05-14 Thread B. Atticus Grobe
Taking the time to go through that, it's literally just you; your LLC. Interesting the you didn't feel the need for transparency and simply say 'this is my company.' This certainly fails to inspire even the least bit of confidence in me. On Mon, May 13, 2024, 16:19 wrote: > On Mon, May 13,

[9fans] "(more) security" leaking info example [was: one weird trick to break p9sk1 ?]

2024-05-14 Thread tlaronde
There was one interesting thread yesterday about p9sk1 and the leaking of info allowing, in some cases, to break easily the whole security. Here is another rather trivial example but it may be interesting to some---and it may explain why on some lists, mails appear in chronological disorder. (Not