[Coco] Origins of thNitrOS-9 name

[L. Curtis Boyle]

Yes, that is exactly where Wes came up with the name "NitrOS-9" from. 

L. Curtis Boyle
curtisboyle at sasktel.net



On May 10, 2013, at 2:13 PM, James Jones wrote:

> OS-9, I am pretty sure, was named that because it was initially written for
> the 6809. I always figured the name NitrOS9 was inspired by the use of
> nitromethane in drag racing--since it was written initially for the 6309,
> which in native mode runs faster than the 6809 and has additional
> instructions, it was a sped-up version of OS-9.
> 
> 
> On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 3:00 PM, Bill Gunshannon <billg999 at cs.uofs.edu>wrote:
> 
>> 
>>> Just to clear up any misunderstanding, this is meant in jest, right?
>>> 
>> 
>> If you were addressing that to me, no, I was serious.  I doubt OS9
>> came from it but the Bell Labs OS was definitely a play on it.  The
>> crew from Bell Labs definitely had a sense of humor.  And it shows
>> up in a lot of the work they did.  I am sure Dennis Ritchie is still
>> looking down and getting a big grin everytime someone else discovers
>> one of his hidden nuggets.
>> 
>> By the way, the people from OS9 and NitrOS9 are still here, why not
>> just ask one of them where it came from?
>> 
>> bill
>> 
>>> Merci,
>>> Boisy
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On May 10, 2013, at 1:32 PM, Bill Gunshannon <billg999 at cs.uofs.edu>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> The story is someone was watching a movie titled "Plan 9 from Outer
>>>>> Space"
>>>>> and came up with Outer Space 9 (OS-9).
>>>> 
>>>> Afraid I never heard that one but the movie was kinda the basis
>>>> for the name of the Bell labs OS called Plan9.
>>>> 
>>>> bill
>>>> 
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