Handed out: Wednesday, November 3, 2004
Due: Monday, November 8, 2004
Read: Plan 9 paper
Hand-In Procedure
You are to turn in this homework during lecture. Please write up your answers to the exercises below and hand them in to a 6.828 staff member by the end of the lecture.
Plan 9 Features
Keep the following two questions in mind while reading the plan 9 paper. After you finish the paper, write up your answers:
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Question 1 List three features introduced by Plan 9 that have since been implemented in today's common operating systems: Windows, Linux, or BSD. |
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Question 2 List three features introduced by Plan 9 that have not been adopted by today's common operating systems. Why do you think this is? (A few sentences is fine.) |
This completes the homework.