> As a professional user I think that Plan9 could be better than *nix for a > large class of industrial - not time critical - applications but in > Italy nobody use it, except of no more than a dozen of fans. The University > doesn't > know it at all. Of course, this is what I see. I would be happy if the > picture were > different. > > Speaking with my clients I see that almost all appreciate Plan9. But, > even if some of them defined it "fascinating", the common sense is that, > without > guarantees about its longevity, it could be a wrong choice. > > How can I reply to this objection ?
coraid sells storage appliances based on plan 9 and employs people specficly to work on plan 9. there's also quite a bit of work that goes on at bell labs with the blue gene project. and i'm quite sure there are other serious applications that i'm not as aware of. - erik
