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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Plan 9</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../P.html" title="P"/><link rel="previous" href="plain-ASCII.html" title="plain-ASCII"/><link rel="next" href="plan-file.html" title="plan file"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Plan 9</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="plain-ASCII.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">P</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="plan-file.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="Plan-9"/><dt xmlns="" id="Plan-9"><b>Plan 9</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p>In the late 1980s, researchers at Bell Labs (especially Rob Pike of
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Kernighan & Pike fame) got bored with the limitations of UNIX and
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decided to reimplement the entire system. The result was called Plan 9 in
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“<span class="quote">the Bell Labs tradition of selecting names that make marketeers
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wince.</span>” The developers also wished to pay homage to the famous film,
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“<span class="quote">Plan 9 From Outer Space</span>”, considered by some to be the worst
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movie ever made. The source is available for download under
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open-source terms. The developers and a small fan base hang out at
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<tt class="systemitem">comp.os.plan9</tt>, where one can
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occasionally hear “<span class="quote">If you want UNIX, you know where to find
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it</span>”</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="plain-ASCII.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../P.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="plan-file.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">plain-ASCII </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> plan file</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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