May 15, 2003

Plan 9

n.

In the late 1980s, researchers at Bell Labs (especially Rob Pike of Kernighan & Pike fame) got bored with the limitations of UNIX and decided to reimplement the entire system. The result was called Plan 9 in the Bell Labs tradition of selecting names that make marketeers wince. The developers also wished to pay homage to the famous film, Plan 9 From Outer Space, considered by some to be the worst movie ever made. The source is available for download under almost-open-source terms. The developers and a small fan base hang out at comp.os.plan9, where one can occasionally hear If you want UNIX, you know where to find it

Posted by Jargon File at May 15, 2003 10:34 AM

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