__/ [ [H]omer ] on Thursday 12 April 2007 05:08 \__
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>
>> ZFS Filesystem for FUSE/Linux
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | ZFS is an advanced modern general-purpose filesystem from Sun
>> | Microsystems, originally designed for Solaris/OpenSolaris.
>> |
>> | This project is a port of ZFS to the FUSE framework for the
>> | Linux operating system.
>> |
>> | It was sponsored by Google, as part of the Google Summer of
>> | Code 2006 program.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.wizy.org/wiki/ZFS_on_FUSE
>>
>>
>> Some say it's a wonderful FS, but [H]omer begs to differ:
>>
>>
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/browse_thread/thread/6607bf3c83d915db/1f8fc253d0ed5d95?lnk=st
>
> Surprise, surprise ... almost nothing has changed:
>
> 1. ZFS is still distributed under the deliberately anti-GPL CDDL
> license [1].
> 2. ZFS still doesn't support SELinux extended attributes.
> 3. Oh, ZFS *is* now supported on Linux, if you can stomach the
> GPL-hating license.
> 4. It is still debatable whether ZFS has any real benefits on systems
> other than a Trusted Solaris server.
> 5. Linux still has (arguably) superior filesystems (XFS).
> 6. Sun still tries to inhibit people's liberties with stupid licenses,
> clauses, and export restrictions. Debian still hates the CDDL, as do
> I. Sun, overall, are still Black Hats.
> 7. The benchmarks are in. ZFS loses, XFS wins [2].
> 8. http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/media/photos/images/_S8W5967-72.jpg
Eeeeww... [NSFW]
> 9. Sun seem to have swept their relationship with SCO under the carpet.
> Not surprising really - SCO don't have many friends left in the
> industry, but some of us have very, very long memories, and will not
> easily forget about Sun's historical loyalties, however much they
> seem to have mellowed over time.
> 10. Incredibly, after all this time, Sun *still* do not ship a 64bit
> version of the Java plugin!!! How utterly retarded.
Longest-standing bug report (wishlist) ever... still being pointed at every
now and then. It has become a joke.
> [1] The CDDL is deliberately anti-GPL:
>
> ,----
> | "Mozilla was selected [as the basis for the CDDL] partially because
> | it was GPL incompatible, that was part of the design when they
> | released Open Solaris" - Denise Cooper, CDDL author.
> `----
> - http://tinyurl.com/yzbpyg (Debconf6)
> (27 minutes and 27 seconds into the video).
>
> [2] ZFS vs XFS: http://tinyurl.com/2vezkv (csamuel.org)
:-) Nobody in a cubicle can catch up with an enthusiastic community of field
experts.
--
~~ With kind regards
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