Hi, Hangar 18 is a mailing list intended for Austin users of Plan 9. I'm thinking of doing away with any sort of physical meet and also losing the 'Austin' focus of Hangar 18. What I had in mind had several facets. - Institute 'virtual' meetings. At first this would be through an IRC server here on einstein under Linux. As soon as I can get a box running (#!?&@ 760XL!) I can impliment the same in Plan 9 (somebody has written an IRCd haven't they?). - This has some technical challenges because to be really effective it must combine text, sound, video, etc. seamlessly. It should include some sort of 'whiteboard' that supports technical users by having embedded image processing and CAD capability (ala 3rd party loadable application modules?) - I intend to allow other groups (eg Linux & crypto) to have channels on the server as well. Daily, weekly, and monthly scheduled events would be hosted on a web server. - A shared file space, the basis of a community. - Consider a community library of mp3 data that was accessible to all. - Newspaper morgue. - A multi-media library. - A shared process space, the basis of distributed community services. - distributed community e-cash protocols - distributed and 'private' nameserver - distributed mailing lists - distributed anonymous remailers - distributed data havens - distributed IRC - Other aspects and uses of Plan 9 in a 'real world' environment. - mobile access to ones 'home' workspace seamlessly - process and filespace deamons to run on other OS'es to allow them to participate as a full peer. - distributed robotics - instrumentation and integration into real-time environments (Plan 9 isn't real-time) - consider the distributed nature of Plan 9 and a grocery store or order entry business. - I'd be interested in getting others to purchase 900MHz equipment in order to setup 'neighborhood' (hopefully city-wide) a 9600 rf packet network (in the Austin area to start). I'd be interested in hearing about some of your hopes for Plan 9. I'd also like to ask you to pass this to anyone who might be interested. Plan 9 is not necessarily a requirement. More info (to join mailing list, haven't updated webpage on this yet), http://einstein.ssz.com/hangar18 ____________________________________________________________________ Before a larger group can see the virtue of an idea, a smaller group must first understand it. "Stranger Suns" George Zebrowski The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage@ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------