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SubjectRe: lease.openlogging.org is unreachable
On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 03:40:38AM +0100, Martin Dalecki wrote:
> Citing from:
> http://www.time-travellers.org/shane/papers/NFS_considered_harmful.html
>
> "NFS fails at the goal of allowing a computer to access files over a
> network as if they were on a local disk. In many ways, NFS comes close
> to the objective, and in certain circumstances (detailed later), this
> is acceptable. However, the subtle differences can cause subtle bugs
> and greater system issues. The widespread misconception about the
> compatibility and transparency of NFS means that it is often used
> inappropriately, and often put into production when better, more
> acceptable solutions exist."
>
> I don't know of a proper solution, other then writing in big letters
> in the documentation about the circumstances under which you can shoot
> yourself in
> the feet.

And that, my friends, is the difference between a project which is a hobby
and a project which is a product. We don't have the option of saying "this
doesn't work".
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