This Plan 9 nostalgia weirds me out. It never happened! It was vaporware all along!
It's like having fond memories of Hillary Clinton's inauguration speech.
It's like having fond memories of Hillary Clinton's inauguration speech.
I don't think “vapourware” means what you think it means.
To elaborate, the comparison with an alternative universe is silly, since there are actually papers that people can read and there is actually code that people can use. So saying that “it never happened” is wrong.
I'd say it's closer to the DMC DeLorean: short production run, works but has short comings, more of a meme than an actual commodity.
It's not vaporware though, they definitely delivered something that works. It's just that there wasn't a good reason to use it compared to other options.