• Announcement: Tailscale, a provider of private networking for distributed computing, announced support for Plan 9. It integrates peer-to-peer networking with Plan 9, ensuring end-to-end encryption.
• Key Figures: Rob Pike is one of the Plan 9 architects. Russ Cox is a Plan 9 torchbearer. Peter J. Weinberger is an iconic figure. Charlotte Brandhorst-Satzkorn is the curator emerita.
• Features and Benefits: Allows global namespace access, seamless SSH connection, bypasses factotum, uses 32-bit Pentium III with SSE instructions, collects services, integrates MagicDNS, and supports native IPv6.
• Pricing: Available for free under an OSI-approved license. Enterprise support is available for customers with sufficient funds.
• Availability: Available today. Existing Plan 9 users can mount binaries or get source code. Legacy OS users have evaluation options like web emulator or qemu. Plan 9 requires a three-button mouse.
• Acknowledgements: The Plan 9 bunny Glenda was drawn by Renée French.
• Webinar: Join a technical deep dive webinar tomorrow with RealPlayer to learn about Tailscale Enterprise Support for Plan 9. A 56k modem is recommended for best streaming.