Hacker tea (was Re: Late Nights and Caffeine)

From: Derek Peschel <dpeschel_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Wed Aug 18 22:17:51 1999

Brian L. Stuart wrote:

> And bringing it full circle, Brazil is the name of the latest
> research OS at Bell Labs from the same folks who brought you
> UNIX. They seem to take great pride in naming systems with
> names that make marketing cringe. The predecessor to Brazil
> was Plan 9 after the infamous sci-fi movie Plan 9 From Outer
> Space.

Actually, I think the full name is "Plan 9 from Bell Labs", which is more
faithful to the original title than "Plan 9" would be. You're right about
making marketing cringe, though!

-- Derek
Received on Wed Aug 18 1999 - 22:17:51 BST