[Coco] Origins of thNitrOS-9 name

[Boisy G. Pitre]

It was to John Mark's comment. 

As for the name's origin, I'll ask the NitrOS-9 folks, as you suggest :)

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On May 10, 2013, at 3:00 PM, "Bill Gunshannon" <billg999 at cs.uofs.edu> wrote:

> 
>> Just to clear up any misunderstanding, this is meant in jest, right?
> 
> 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
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On May 10, 2013, at 1:32 PM, Bill Gunshannon <billg999 at cs.uofs.edu> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>>> The story is someone was watching a movie titled "Plan 9 from Outer
>>>> Space"
>>>> and came up with Outer Space 9 (OS-9).
>>> 
>>> Afraid I never heard that one but the movie was kinda the basis
>>> for the name of the Bell labs OS called Plan9.
>>> 
>>> bill
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