18 Apr
2020
18 Apr
'20
10:57 p.m.
There is a widespred anecdote that "Plan 9" name comes from the
movie "Plan 9 From Outer Space".
Since I didn't find anything more than a reference to this
anecdote (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plan_9_from_Bell_Labs
for example), I forced myself to watch the movie until the end
(what a pain!).
Guess what? I couldn't find the link between the film and the
beloved OS.
I'm sure there are people here who know more. Thanks in advance
for sharing your knowledge with us.
Pierre
19 Apr
19 Apr
12:40 a.m.
On Sat, Apr 18, 2020, 12:58 PM Pierre DAVID <pdagog(a)gmail.com> wrote:
There is a widespred anecdote that "Plan 9"
name comes from the
movie "Plan 9 From Outer Space".
Since I didn't find anything more than a reference to this
anecdote (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plan_9_from_Bell_Labs
for example), I forced myself to watch the movie until the end
(what a pain!).
Guess what? I couldn't find the link between the film and the
beloved OS.
I'm sure there are people here who know more. Thanks in advance
for sharing your knowledge with us.
Pierre
Someone posted some pictures of the office area at Murray Hill to this
list. I seem to recall A plan 9 from outer space poster hanging.
3:38 a.m.
On Sat, 18 Apr 2020, Pierre DAVID wrote:
Since I didn't find anything more than a
reference to this anecdote (see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plan_9_from_Bell_Labs for example), I
forced myself to watch the movie until the end (what a pain!).
Trust me, there are even worse movies... The colourised ones, for
example, out of Hollywood (aarrgghh!).
(Follow-ups to COFF, of course)
-- Dave, who thinks that the best films were early B&W ones
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