On Wed, May 15, 2024, at 22:18, Wes Kussmaul wrote:
> Fromm Crunchbase:
>
> Nantahala Outdoor Center — Nantahala Outdoor Center is a sports company
> offering whitewater rafting, mountain biking, and flatwater paddling.
>
> Nantahala Bank & Trust Company — Nantahala Bank & Trust Company is a
> financial service company offering & lending mortgages and loans and
> other financial services.
>
> Nantahala Capital Management — Nantahala Capital Management is a hedge fund.
>
> Nantahala Real Estate Company — Nantahala Real Estate Company provides
> property management, consulting, home selling, and buying services.
>
> GHSS Manathala — GHSS Manathala is a secondary education school.
>
>
>
> On 5/15/24 01:48, John the Scott wrote:
>> 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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Great, just pile on the hazing guys. You know how to make someone feel
unwelcomed.
Vic
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