On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 2:35 PM, dorin bumbu<bumbudo...@gmail.com> wrote: > There are thousands of devices shipped with Microsoft Windows CE prior > to version 4 (.NET). For these devices MS never offered patches even > if these versions had lots of bugs, nor even standard C libraries > (thank God there is wcecompat). And there are lot of projects that > reached 10+ years (with workarounds, of course), and still in > production. I don't think the risk of using Plan 9 is greather than > the risk assumend by those who developed with WCE prior to 4.
I was going to say something to that effect -- Plan 9 is by and large pretty stable, and on the same hardware, even no updates would leave you with a fairly reliable system. > > Dorin > > On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 4:10 PM, Adriano Verardo<a.vera...@tecmav.com> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> 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 ? >> >> Reading the thread about plan9.bell-lab.com I understand that Bell Labs >> are no more directly committed in the project. Is it correct ? >> >> Adriano >> >> > >
