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Plan 9 Foundation standing on the shoulders of giants We exist to promote and support continued research into lightweightdistributed systems based on the ideas presented in the Plan 9operating system and related technologies. What is the Foundation. The Plan 9 Foundation an Oregon nonprofit corporation maintains thearchives of the Plan 9 operating system software and supports futuredevelopment by following the practice and processes set forth by theoriginal authors. We strive to continue the work started atBell Labsin the 1980s.