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Plan9 is now Officially Open Source

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the now-isn't-that-special dept.

DrSkwid writes "The OSI have approved the revised license for the plan 9 operating system according to attendees returning from this year's Usenix Bof."

13 of 399 comments (clear)

  1. How long until? by rkz · · Score: 5, Funny

    How long until SCO claim that SCO IP was stolen and put into plan9?

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    1. Re:How long until? by infinite9 · · Score: 4, Funny

      How long until SCO claim that SCO IP was stolen and put into plan9?

      That's impossible. Plan 9 is from outer space.

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  2. Cult? by Bame+Flait · · Score: 3, Funny

    this year's Usenix Bof

    Usenix Bof? Sounds like what happens when a bunch of greasy, miserable nerds decide to play doctor in the server room.

  3. Re:Screenshots by agrounds · · Score: 4, Funny

    it's the bunny rabbit that lends itself to the business-saavy of this OS!

    must.. have.. the bunny OS!!

  4. Plan 9? by micromoog · · Score: 3, Funny

    What is Plan 9, anyway? All I could gather from the website before it was slashdotted into oblivion is that their logo is really fucking cute.

  5. Re:Screenshots by Daemonik · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yes, you're absolutely right. A screenshot is irrefutable evidence of the basic structure of an operating system.

    Indeed, untill I had seen a screenshot or two, I had no idea how to write in C, now I'm rewriting Linux from a monolithic kernel to a micro kernel, thanks to the power of screenshots!

  6. DAMMIT by hatrisc · · Score: 5, Funny

    dammit.. another operating system to try out.... and only 2 computers.

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  7. First TRON now plan 9. by will_die · · Score: 3, Funny

    With TRON and now Plan 9 falling into the hands of OSS the move to have the operating systems of computers taken over by old sci-fi movies is happening.

  8. LOLOLOLOL *wiping tears from eyes* by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ah... another slashbot humour cliche is born. *sniff* WE WILL HAVE SCO JOKES FOR YEARS! REJOICE IN THE NETWORK-TV-LIKE LACK OF ORIGINALITY!

    Beowulf clusters of those! SCO claims infringement! Hot grits down Natalie Portman's pants!

  9. The only problem w/ the Plan9 OS... by drgroove · · Score: 3, Funny

    Is the fact that, while the entire OS was mapped around Dennis Ritchie's involvement, he died halfway through the making of the OS.

    Eventually, a bad double - in the form of the CEO's dentist - was brought in to replace Ritchie - the result being that the first half of the Plan9 OS is decent, but the last half is just terrible.

    Oh, and it turns out that the CEO is a cross-dressing lunatic, whose obsession with C-grade OSes (like BeOS, NetBSD, NeXT, Apple OS9, OS2 Warp, etc) eventually led to him living out the rest of his life if relative obscurity and poverty. Sad, really... but, it might make a decent movie... nah.

  10. Re:Movie by uncoveror · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, it's UNIX that came from outer space. Specifically, it came from the Roswell UFO. Microsoft has even used this alien technology for mind control

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  11. Plan 9 from Bell Labs by leoboiko · · Score: 3, Funny

    These news are funny when Slashdot's poll is "Worst Sci-Fi Movie Ever".

    ESR has some info on Plan9 OS, wich include this footnote:

    The name is a tribute to the 1958 movie that has passed into legend as âoethe worst ever madeâ, Plan 9 from Outer Space. The legend is, unfortunately, incorrect, as the few who have seen an even worse stinkeroo from 1966 called Manos: the Hands of Fate can attest.
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  12. Winners and Losers by SteveM · · Score: 4, Funny

    Fortunately, he won that case, ...

    Yeah, but he also lost!

    SteveM