The reason I am posting this is because I'm curious what the community thinks about Plan 9. Is it a failure? Is it the successor to Linux? After reading some of the text, I'm convinced it's a smarter approach to operating system design.
It is not clear if the reliance on external resources is justifiable when existing computing resources are cheap. For example, how do we stream a 4k screen or perhaps <i>why</i> would we stream a 4k screen? Does a Plan 9 system require desktops wired to an infiniband?<p>While the distributed features in Plan 9 are inspiring, they were unsuited for desktop of the 90s, or the laptop of 2000 or a tablet today. Recall how people used to call Solaris <i>Slowaris</i>, despite defenders saying that it was faster if your computer actually had two processors.