Bell-Labs Releases New Version Of Plan 9

Bell-Labs Releases New Version Of Plan 9 332

Posted by Hemos on Sunday April 28, 2002 @10:56AM from the from-outer-space dept.

F2F writes "Plan 9 from Bell Labs Fourth Release was announced yesterday marking a major overhaul of the entire operating system. VMware images are now supported, together with hoards of new hardware. The operating system now sports a new security model (on top of the old one, which was already quite secure), new network-resident secure storage system and improvements in the thread library, among others. See the release notes here: release4 notes or simply go to the download page at: plan9 download." T. adds: erikdalen sent in these links to critiques of the Plan 9 license from Richard Stallman and Nathan Myers.

Bell-Labs Releases New Version Of Plan 9

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Ah, booger... (Score:2, Funny)

by jo42 ( 227475 ) writes: on Sunday April 28, 2002 @11:04AM (#3424550) Homepage

It don't support much hardware [bell-labs.com], do it?
Not to mention that it needs to be beaten by a big honkin' pretty [bell-labs.com] stick.

Is this the one... (Score:1, Funny)

by OblongPlatypus ( 233746 ) writes: on Sunday April 28, 2002 @11:07AM (#3424562)

...from outer space?

Great! (Score:4, Funny)

by NoMoreNicksLeft ( 516230 ) writes: <john.oylerNO@SPAMcomcast.net> on Sunday April 28, 2002 @11:07AM (#3424564) Journal

Now I can go confuse all my marginally OS-literate coworkers and friends, and be amused while they try to sort out OS 9, Plan 9, and MacOS9...

The entertainment possibilities are endless.

What happened to the Zombies (Score:4, Funny)

by slideshot ( 201483 ) writes: on Sunday April 28, 2002 @11:08AM (#3424573)

Funny, last time I heard about Plan 9, it involved turning humans into zombies to take over the world. Guess plans really change when the R and D department is cut.

Glenda (Score:4, Funny)

by Roto-Rooter Man ( 520267 ) writes: <cleanthosepipes@hotmail.com> on Sunday April 28, 2002 @11:13AM (#3424589) Homepage Journal

Plan 9 has the best OS mascot ever. [bell-labs.com]

Re:Glenda (Score:2, Funny)

by vreeker ( 264162 ) writes: <slashdot@opid.ca> on Sunday April 28, 2002 @11:24AM (#3424628) Homepage

Best mascot ever? Only if you are trying to market to a bunch of 10 year old pokemon obsessed kids!

Re:Pretty Secure... (Score:3, Funny)

by autocracy ( 192714 ) writes: <slashdot2007@sto ... .com minus berry> on Sunday April 28, 2002 @11:31AM (#3424658) Homepage

What about out-right confusion? (There IS a difference!)

Re:Pretty Secure... (Score:3, Funny)

by aozilla ( 133143 ) writes: on Sunday April 28, 2002 @11:42AM (#3424699) Homepage

there is no security through obscurity

Then why do you hide your email address?

I for one, am quite pleased (Score:5, Funny)

by The Plan 9 Bunny ( 576615 ) writes: <Plan9Bunny AT mchsi DOT com> on Sunday April 28, 2002 @11:46AM (#3424715) Homepage Journal

It's good to see that my good friends at Lucent have finally decided to give me the fame that I deserve. It's been a long time a coming, and I feared looking like a leathery casino queen, as I aged. See, despite being an odd looking bunny, I still smoke a pack and a half of Lucky Strikes a day, in addition to eating a lot of virginia ham. Regardless, Let's Get it On.

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Ah, booger... (Score:2, Funny)

Is this the one... (Score:1, Funny)

Great! (Score:4, Funny)

What happened to the Zombies (Score:4, Funny)

Glenda (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Glenda (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Pretty Secure... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Pretty Secure... (Score:3, Funny)

I for one, am quite pleased (Score:5, Funny)

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