anyone using the new-generation OS called Plan9, made by bell labs and
some of the original creators of Unix?
Plan 9 is an advanced multi-user Open Source operating system
designed with networking in mind. It runs on multiple hardware platforms
and is highly suited to building large distributed systems.
A typical Plan 9 installation would comprise one or more file servers,
some CPU servers and a large number of terminals (user workstations).
Plan 9 is suitable for small research groups to large organizations. The
low system management overhead makes it particularly suitable for
classroom and teaching applications.
Plan 9 was developed at Bell Labs (the research division of Lucent
Technologies). In July 2000 the 3rd Edition was released as Open Source,
and this is was quickly made available by Vita Nuova in the form of a
bootable CD. The 4th Edition was released by Bell Labs in April 2002 and
Vita Nuova is now shipping 4th Edition Boxed Sets and CDs. The
developers of plan 9 include some of the original Unix designers
including Rob Pike and Dennis Richie.
To the end user, Plan 9 bears a superficial resemblance to Unix, but the
underlying operating system is very different. In particular, Plan 9 was
designed as a network operating system, as opposed to Unix where
networking support was added as an afterthought. Some of the standard
Unix tools are available, but they have generally been either enhanced
or completely rewritten.
Plan 9 has been ported to a number of architectures, including Intel
x86, Sparc, Alpha, Power PC, and Arm.
it is muft and mukt, without being a gnu license. read its licensing
policy.
The full text of the Plan 9 Open Source Licence can be found at the Bell
Labs Plan 9 site. The licence is similar to many Open Source licences.
The main points are:
* You can modify, copy and distribute the source code as you wish.
* There are no royalty payments on the distribution.
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actually, the correct url is
http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9dist/
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