Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 10 Nov 1999 07:29:10 -0500 | From | Greg Maxwell <> | Subject | [OT] Re: Reiserfs licencing - possible GPL conflict? |
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"Jeff V. Merkey" wrote: > > Greg, > > This is pretty simple from a "BUSINESS" perspective, and you can figure > it out with 8th grade math. Netware has 9,000,000 installed servers, of > which IDC (analysts) have stated that 17% are going to Linux, and 83% > are going to Windows 2000 over the next two years. Perhaps we should > just stick our heads in the sand, and let Microsoft take all the Netware > servers for upgrades? Pretty dumb, huh? > I'm doing NWFS as both a replacement file system for Linux, and to > position Linux to devour Novell's installed base. It's primary use will > be to allow customers to effortlessly upgrage Netware systems to Linux. > We are even writing in-place conversion software that will convert NWFS > into EXT2 on-disk formats (getting the picture now). Not to mention > that if you want to use the thing as a native linux file system, you get > mirroring, striping, failover, and mulitple namespace support for every > computer system on the planet in a consolidated set of utilities and > file system without needing end users to have a degree in astrophysics > to configue raid drivers, etc.
Thanks for the very level headed responce, it makes me look like a fool. Thats okay, I deserve it. :)
> Personally, I think the ReiserFS concepts are really cool, and very > clever, and I like their approach, but it isn't bringing over a huge > installed base to Linux.
I still think you were quick to fud the license. :)
> Wake up, dude!
Yea yea.. I'm sorry. Consider me awake for the monment.
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