Date: Fri, 29 Nov 1996 16:44:58 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: Darren Davis <DARREND@novell.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Inferno for FreeBSD. Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.95.961129164242.4428B-100000@modem.eng.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <s2995fde.089@novell.com>
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On Mon, 25 Nov 1996, Darren Davis wrote: > I was checking out the Inferno Web page http://inferno.lucent.com. For > those who are not familiar with this, it is a distributed OS/platform > similar in concept to Java being developed at Bell Labs by the team that > developed Plan 9. Well, I saw that it was available for several Unix > platforms as well as that Windows trash. FreeBSD was not listed as one > of the supported platforms. So I decided to take the oportunity to use > their suggestion link and put in the suggestion that they do a FreeBSD > port. Well, I got a response back from Phil Winterbottom (One of Bell > Labs finest) stating that I was the first to make this request, and if > there was enough interest in a FreeBSD port that they would do one. > Well, are WE interested? If so, use their suggestion box and lets get a > FreeBSD port of Inferno. I checked out the web page, it looked interesting, so I sent a polite message asking for a FreeBSD port. I got a quick reply saying that one is indeed planned. > > > Thanks, > > > Darren > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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