Re: [9fans] spreding the word

2009-02-24 Thread hugo rivera
> > -- Mensaje reenviado -- > From: hugo rivera > To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> > Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:41:05 +0100 > Subject: [9fans] spreding the word > Well, > I made an obvious mistake and sent the last email to

Re: [9fans] spreding the word

2009-02-24 Thread cinap_lenrek
Yeah right... We all make mistakes... Not to think of hardware failures! I'v just made a backup of that file for you in case you loose it ok? ;-) You can feel mutch more secure now! -- cinap --- Begin Message --- Well, I made an obvious mistake and sent the last email to the wrong address. I apol

Re: [9fans] spreding the word

2009-02-24 Thread hugo rivera
2009/2/23, erik quanstrom : > this seems dated to me #w, #H and #b no longer > exist and the install is now quite different. > > > - erik > > The book seems rather old and somehow outdated, but I think (meaning hope, since my german goes as far as knowing what a maulesel is) that the main design

Re: [9fans] spreding the word

2009-02-23 Thread erik quanstrom
> the whole streams idea is really educational. nonet was neat. having > datakit code in there made the network transparency feel a bit more > real (different world, i know). streams also exist in unix. i find it very educational that plan 9 does well without streams. queue quote from the little

Re: [9fans] spreding the word

2009-02-23 Thread Anthony Sorace
correction: i think nonet was out of the official distribution by 2e. still neat.

Re: [9fans] spreding the word

2009-02-23 Thread Anthony Sorace
erik wrote: // i can't think of any advantages of 2e over 4e. perhaps others disagree. not "advantages", no, but there are bits and pieces that were interesting ideas, even if they didn't pan out, that are overlooked. the whole streams idea is really educational. nonet was neat. having datakit c

Re: [9fans] spreding the word

2009-02-23 Thread erik quanstrom
On Mon Feb 23 17:02:29 EST 2009, m...@acm.jhu.edu wrote: > >if you're after the historical progression of how the > >structure of the kernel evolved, the file server kernel > >is much more interesting. > > Any bits in particular? Any reason why? port/proc.c is very interesting, as are pc/lock.c

Re: [9fans] spreding the word

2009-02-23 Thread Venkatesh Srinivas
if you're after the historical progression of how the structure of the kernel evolved, the file server kernel is much more interesting. Any bits in particular? Any reason why? -- vs

Re: [9fans] spreding the word

2009-02-23 Thread erik quanstrom
> It would be great to have the source of the book, maybe it would be > worth it to create a community based 2nd release. But I guess with all > the copyright issues involved this will be next to impossible. i can't think of any advantages of 2e over 4e. perhaps others disagree. if you're after

Re: [9fans] spreding the word

2009-02-23 Thread erik quanstrom
> > relax. it would take 583166 of these messages to > > fill a tb drive. tb drives go for about $100 these days. > > > > - erik > > I forgot the smileys :-) :-) i guess we're even then. i forgot my sense of humor today. - erik

Re: [9fans] spreding the word

2009-02-23 Thread Wes Kussmaul
erik quanstrom wrote: On Mon Feb 23 12:20:19 EST 2009, w...@authentrus.com wrote: hugo rivera wrote: Hi Maulesel, I just ran into this book and I am sending it to you for two reasons: 1.- It's in german. 2.- It's about Plan 9. 3. You sell hard drives to server operators for a living. relax.

Re: [9fans] spreding the word

2009-02-23 Thread Christian Walther
Hello Hugo, 2009/2/23 hugo rivera : > Well, > I made an obvious mistake and sent the last email to the wrong address. > I apologize for that. > Some mistakes can be usefull, at least for other people. ;-) In my case I welcome your mistake, because I didn't know that a german document covering Plan

Re: [9fans] spreding the word

2009-02-23 Thread john
> On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 11:01, Robert Raschke wrote: >> 'Tis a shame there's absolutley no attribution to be found. I wonder >> who wrote the book? Seems to be quite readable. > > pdfinfo sheds some light on the subject: > > Title: P9.pdf > Author: Wellhoefer > Creator:

Re: [9fans] spreding the word

2009-02-23 Thread michael block
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 11:01, Robert Raschke wrote: > 'Tis a shame there's absolutley no attribution to be found. I wonder > who wrote the book? Seems to be quite readable. pdfinfo sheds some light on the subject: Title: P9.pdf Author: Wellhoefer Creator:PScript5.dll Ve

Re: [9fans] spreding the word

2009-02-23 Thread erik quanstrom
On Mon Feb 23 12:20:19 EST 2009, w...@authentrus.com wrote: > hugo rivera wrote: > > Hi Maulesel, > > I just ran into this book and I am sending it to you for two reasons: > > 1.- It's in german. > > 2.- It's about Plan 9. > > 3. You sell hard drives to server operators for a living. relax. it w

Re: [9fans] spreding the word

2009-02-23 Thread Wes Kussmaul
hugo rivera wrote: Hi Maulesel, I just ran into this book and I am sending it to you for two reasons: 1.- It's in german. 2.- It's about Plan 9. 3. You sell hard drives to server operators for a living.

Re: [9fans] spreding the word

2009-02-23 Thread Robert Raschke
It's got a whole chapter on alef, and the UI is still in B/W. Definitly for an older edition of Plan 9. 'Tis a shame there's absolutley no attribution to be found. I wonder who wrote the book? Seems to be quite readable. Robby

Re: [9fans] spreding the word

2009-02-23 Thread erik quanstrom
this seems dated to me #w, #H and #b no longer exist and the install is now quite different. - erik

[9fans] spreding the word

2009-02-23 Thread hugo rivera
Well, I made an obvious mistake and sent the last email to the wrong address. I apologize for that. -- Saludos Hugo