Plan 9

The simple answer is that the researchers did not have one during the development process. A more technical answer, however, is that the PowerPC lacks consistent standards, although this is being addressed. For instance, the Apple PowerPC and the IBM PowerPC exhibit some differences due to the nature of the OSes that currently run on them. To provide a PowerPC reference port--and the other ports are just that, reference ports--we need a platf orm with a stable definition. Because the Plan 9 OS is licensed in source code, I would expect that someone out there will consider porting it. Try asking the question on the Net--in the comp.os.plan9 newsgroup, for example.--Paul Fillinich, pfillinich@attmail.com