[vox-tech] Reiserfs v. Ext3

Brian Lavender brian at brie.com
Tue May 6 12:38:46 PDT 2008


Certainly, ReiserFS will still be around. The code won't go to jail
with Reiser. It's still free. There must be stigma of using code from a
convicted felon. 

Did you guys read the article on Wired where they interviewed on of the
jurors? 

brian

On Tue, May 06, 2008 at 08:44:41AM -0700, Jeffrey J. Nonken wrote:
> Wow, not even a chuckle...
> 
> Seriously, I believe the issue is still under debate.
> 
> http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2008/05/01/reiser_conviction_re_invention/
> 
> I think the answer is: Depends on the community. There are a number of perfectly good alternatives available, and even FreeBSD has started supporting ZFS (experimentally) and XFS (read-only). So unless there's a core of fans or minions, it could just die of ennui.
> 
> Or maybe Hans will get a computer in the slammer and will work on it there. It could get better than ever. :)
> 
> 
> On Thu, 1 May 2008 10:19:04 -0700, Jeffrey Nonken wrote:
> >?Has to be used on a BSD system, because it'll only run jailed.
> >?
> >?On May 1, 2008, at 9:22 AM, Brian Lavender wrote:
> >?
> >>?
> >>?What is the update on Reiser4, anyway?
> >>?
> >>?brian

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