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From: Steve_Kilbane@ceg... Steve_Kilbane@ceg...
Subject: porting linux programs and drivers to plan9
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 08:58:03 +0100

Bradon wrote:
> Can anyone give an (un/semi/really)-official status of Brazil to the
> public here?
> 
> [unix admin problems]
> 
> And hardly a week goes by
> that I don't mention to someone, "It would be so much easier for us to do
> (something) correctly and efficiently on Plan 9 than unix".

Given all this, why not just use Plan 9 (as opposed to wistly gazing
out the window while wondering about Brazil :-) ) ?

> If plan 9/brazil was a commercial/debugged/workable (maybe even supported)
> platform,

Hehe. Wonder whether anyone would be interested in running third-party
support companies for Plan 9?