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SubjectRe: socket API extensions workgroup at OpenGroup needs HELP
On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 07:00:08PM -0500, Alexander Viro wrote:
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>
> On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, Jan Harkes wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 06:21:11PM -0500, Alexander Viro wrote:
> > > Is that, by any chance, the same crowd that stands behind DAFS?
> > > If it _is_ the same crowd - send them to hell, they are beyond hope.
> >
> > I almost thought that was directed at me, as Coda is kind of like a
> > Distributed version of AFS.
> >
> > phew, luckily DAFS it isn't related to AFS or Coda ;)
>
> DAFS isn't a filesystem - it's software equivalent of Freddy Kruger:
> 85 madmen^Wcompanies, one naive nurse^Widea, nightmares-inflicting monster
> conceived as the result of weeks of clusterfuck...

Yeah. No kidding. Anyone who thinks this is a good idea really hasn't
thought about it clearly. It's nice marketing, sounds good, and is
a crock. If you want this sort of thing, that's what kiobufs are for,
and if kiobufs don't work right, that's a bug. Phooey on hacks.
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