[codemac]

If I can get the damned TV onto the network at all, then I can use 9fs or any other protocol including http.

plan9 did not invent the network, or even the concept of shared resources. They focused on putting all resources into a filesystem API, entirely and exclusively. That's their innovation. I'm not being obtuse by pointing it out.

[f2f]

i'm not entirely sure about your timeline. plan9 came about in 1990. plenty of "sharing" back then was the unique property of distributed systems like amoeba.