[Coco] Origins of thNitrOS-9 name

[Wayne Campbell]

According to wikipedia, the movie was dubbed the worst movie ever made, and Wood (director/writer/producer/etc) the worst director ever.

 http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plan_9_from_Outer_Space

With that "pedigree" I would not name the best os ever written (I think so!) after that movie.

Wayne


Melanie and John Mark Mobley <johnmarkmelanie at gmail.com> wrote:

>Operating System (OS)
>Outer Space (OS)
>6809 (9)
>
>Tony Podraza told me a story about two college students cramming for a test
>and playing the movie "Plan 9 from Outer Space" and getting the idea Outer
>Space 9 (OS-9).
>Perhaps it's true name is Operating System 9 and its nickname is Outer Space
>9.
>
>John Mark Mobley
>
>
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