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From: ronald@robobar.co.uk (Ronald S H Khoo)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: OS cost component of workstation
Message-ID: <1990Nov18.192626.19401@robobar.co.uk>
Date: 18 Nov 90 19:26:26 GMT
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henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes:

> Uh, as I understand it, the words "available" and "Plan 9" do not go
> together.  It is a research effort, not a commercial product.

We-ell...  A few of the Plan 9 developers who spoke at the EUUG conference
this July did say that they had some intentions to make it available
(with the rider: "if it's made available in any form at all, it will be
 in *source*, and we'll do our best to ensure that it isn't standardised"
 or words to that effect)
but gave no details as to timescale or on what terms or to whom.

Richard obviously remembered this statement, and was probably fishing for
more rumour :-)

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