Looking to the Past, Seeing the Future: Discovering Plan 9

12.12.2023|#technology#operatingSystems#innovation

Plan 9 from Bell Labs is this really cool, somewhat under-the-radar operating system that started in the late '80s. Imagine a group of tech wizards at Bell Labs, including Ken Thompson (same guy who co-created Unix), brainstorming and then bringing to life a system that's both familiar and wonderfully strange.

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