[random778]

I'm not sure that I follow your argument. Are you saying that because a similar research project was successfully commercialized Plan-9 should be judged akin?

Even if you accept that, UNIX was not developed to what it became by AT&T. Let arguments about how they managed licensing UNIX vs how Plan-9 was licenced commense!

[kgwgk]

I'm not trying to argue with what you said, but pointing at the weakness of the article's conclusions. As another commenter just wrote "How does the author explain the huge success of the original UNIX? It violates everything he says."