what does "UNIX" really stand for? (also Plan 9)

[Paul De Bra]

In article <216 at pai.UUCP> erc at pai.UUCP (Eric Johnson) writes:
>In article <3521 at phri.UUCP>, roy at phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) writes:
>> ...
>> 	BTW, a little while ago there was some talk in this group about
>> "Plan 9", the latest experimental version of Unix under development at The
>> Labs.  Well, I'd like to let you all know that it appears to have been
>> released to the public earlier than expected.  
>
>                You bet, years ago.
>...
>What about the movie _Plan 9 From Outer Space_?  This was the last
>Bela Lugosi (sp?) film and is memorable for being rated one
>of the worst films of all time. 
>...

Plan 9 is not to be confused with Version 9 Unix.

Version 9 is just the successor of Version 8, which was the successor of
Version 7 Unix (it's a little more complicated than this, but let's skip
the details).

Plan 9 is the latest experimental system, but 1) is not Unix, and 2) is
far from usable yet. (some pieces are beginning to work...)

We know nothing about any lousy rock-band. Plan 9's name is obviously
derived from the movie, which is occasionaly shown at the labs to remind
us of the origin of the name (and because the movie is so lousy it's really
worth watching).

Paul.
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