I don´t think that OS 9 is dead. At some special tasks it´s still in use/under developement. For example:
"Nonio C" (a program for modeling large topographic and cartographic survey, over $1000) the recent version 9.2 is also availaible for Mac OS 9.2
Oligo (a multi-functional program that searches for and selects oligonucleotides from a sequence file for polymerase chain reaction (PCR), DNA sequencing, site-directed mutagenesis, and various hybridization applications - $1200) recent version 6.89 from 2008 also availaible for OS 9
Some DTP, Audio and CAD Software from 2006 & 2007 is still at the resellers, and don´t forget "Shareware" like Graphicconverter which is still under developement.
For curiosity: Adobe is still selling Pagemaker 7 (from 2002) for MacOS 9 - just $499
"Nonio C" (a program for modeling large topographic and cartographic survey, over $1000) the recent version 9.2 is also availaible for Mac OS 9.2
Oligo (a multi-functional program that searches for and selects oligonucleotides from a sequence file for polymerase chain reaction (PCR), DNA sequencing, site-directed mutagenesis, and various hybridization applications - $1200) recent version 6.89 from 2008 also availaible for OS 9
Some DTP, Audio and CAD Software from 2006 & 2007 is still at the resellers, and don´t forget "Shareware" like Graphicconverter which is still under developement.
For curiosity: Adobe is still selling Pagemaker 7 (from 2002) for MacOS 9 - just $499