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SubjectRe: [was: ext2 question] XFS opensourced!
On Thu, 20 May 1999, David Weinehall wrote:

> Slashdot does have its uses... I read there just a couple of hours ago
> that SGI has/intends to opensource XFS. That'd pretty much solve our need
> for a fast Journaling filesystem, I think.
>
> Comments?

I am getting slightly worried about this discussion. Often it is said that
we need a journaling filesystem, either ext3 or xfs (assuming they get the
license right). But why _or_?

Why not ext3 _and_ xfs and let the users choose?

/Stefan

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