Date: Sat, 30 Nov 1996 12:57:45 -0100 From: Darius Moos <moos@degnet.baynet.de> To: dmaddox@scsn.net Cc: freebsd-hackers <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Inferno for FreeBSD. Message-ID: <32A03D59.7925@degnet.baynet.de> References: <Pine.OSF.3.95.961129164242.4428B-100000@modem.eng.umd.edu> <329F6229.5F14@scsn.net>
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I inquired also about a FreeBSD-port and never got a reply at all. Hm ... Darius Moos. Donald J. Maddox wrote: > > Chuck Robey wrote: > > > > On Mon, 25 Nov 1996, Darren Davis wrote: > > > > > I was checking out the Inferno Web page http://inferno.lucent.com. For > > > those who are not familiar with this, it is a distributed OS/platform > > > similar in concept to Java being developed at Bell Labs by the team that > > > developed Plan 9. Well, I saw that it was available for several Unix > > > platforms as well as that Windows trash. FreeBSD was not listed as one > > > of the supported platforms. So I decided to take the oportunity to use > > > their suggestion link and put in the suggestion that they do a FreeBSD > > > port. Well, I got a response back from Phil Winterbottom (One of Bell > > > Labs finest) stating that I was the first to make this request, and if > > > there was enough interest in a FreeBSD port that they would do one. > > > Well, are WE interested? If so, use their suggestion box and lets get a > > > FreeBSD port of Inferno. > > > > I checked out the web page, it looked interesting, so I sent a polite > > message asking for a FreeBSD port. I got a quick reply saying that one is > > indeed planned. > > That's interesting... I inquired about this several days ago and > got a > quick reply saying that one was _not_ planned, as there seemed to be > little > demand. Maybe your request tipped the scales... :-)
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