Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] ZFS will be the default FS for Mac OS?

["shawn parker" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

i've been seeing reports all over teh interwebs about this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zfs

On 6/7/07, Jonathan King <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> I don't know whether I really believe the source, but this is a little
> bit interesting:
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/07/apple_using_zfs_in_leopard/
>
> ZFS is open source (but not free software), and, as far as I can tell,
> seems to be the best thing since sliced bread as far as filesystems
> go. If Apple does go this way, I think it's very interesting because
> it continues what I see as a very productive trend for them, to use
> open source software wherever it really makes sense (kernel, file
> system, printing, etc.) but not where it doesn't (X is basically crap,
> so they did their own GUI). In other words, the world probably did not
> need yet another file system, so by picking one that was out there,
> you can make the world a better place by making sure that ZFS is as
> good as it can be.
>
> Of course, it is still disappointing that Aqua is still very
> proprietary, but I think it at least gives people thinking about the
> next windowing system for BSD and Linux something to shoot at
> (thorough-going PDF and GL, among other things).
>
> Anyway, does anybody have any recommended reading on ZFS for the slightly lazy?
>
> jking
>
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