Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 2 Jun 1999 11:35:12 +1000 | From | Richard Gooch <> | Subject | Re: SGI's XFS DONATED AS OPEN SOURCE!!!!!!!!! |
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Nicholas R. LeRoy writes: > Damn!!! In general, there seems to be A LOT of FUD flying around about > SGI releasing XFS under an open source license. I just *don't* understand > why people are being so negative about it. He we are, essentially being > given a gift from SGI, and everybody's bitching about it. It seems pretty > clear from what I've read that SGI *really* does intend to release this > beast in source form once they verify that it's clear of the legal crap. > Any way you add this up, it's a good thing. > > I, for one, am very grateful for this. We, The Linux Community (tm) > should be thankful. We can argue the technical merit of XFS (I've never > used it to any significant extent or seen the source, so I can't commont > on that level). For all I know it may be a piece of sh*t, but I sincerely > doubt it. SGI *isn't* known for producing that type of product (unless, > of course, you count running some-other-company-from-Redmond's "O/S"). > > I'd like to personally say "Thanks, SGI!". Hopefully, others will join > the chorus. Unless we want to scare off good-will efforts, we'd better > start treating these people a bit better. > > There. I'll climb down off my soapbox, now. Seriously, though, let's > say "thanks" for the effort.
Hear, hear! All this moaning is really boring. XFS will be a config option and ext2fs will still be available. Ext3fs will be added in due course. People will have choice. So stop the paranoid bitching and do something productive: write some code.
Regards,
Richard....
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