[Coco] Origins of thNitrOS-9 name

[Bill Gunshannon]

> Just to clear up any misunderstanding, this is meant in jest, right?
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If you were addressing that to me, no, I was serious.  I doubt OS9
came from it but the Bell Labs OS was definitely a play on it.  The
crew from Bell Labs definitely had a sense of humor.  And it shows
up in a lot of the work they did.  I am sure Dennis Ritchie is still
looking down and getting a big grin everytime someone else discovers
one of his hidden nuggets.

By the way, the people from OS9 and NitrOS9 are still here, why not
just ask one of them where it came from?

bill

> Merci,
> Boisy
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> On May 10, 2013, at 1:32 PM, Bill Gunshannon <billg999 at cs.uofs.edu> wrote:
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>>> The story is someone was watching a movie titled "Plan 9 from Outer
>>> Space"
>>> and came up with Outer Space 9 (OS-9).
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>> Afraid I never heard that one but the movie was kinda the basis
>> for the name of the Bell labs OS called Plan9.
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>> bill
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Bill Gunshannon          |  de-moc-ra-cy (di mok' ra see) n.  Three wolves
billg999 at cs.scranton.edu |  and a sheep voting on what's for dinner.
University of Scranton   |
Scranton, Pennsylvania   |         #include <std.disclaimer.h>