how did you find out about this company, i never saw it mentioned anywhere before?
On Mon, May 13, 2024 at 10:43 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 Everything I always hear in the industry is that plan 9 is outdated and 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 ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/Tad3dc0c93039a7d2-M68bdf06983f3f12b72383d9b Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
