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BFS Creator Giampaolo Joins Apple
zephc writes "According to The Register, Dominic Giampaolo, creator of BFS, Be's journaling file system, has 'joined Apple as a file system engineer. He started last week.' As a Mac user and former BeOS user, I am delighted to hear this, as it has great implications for the future of filesystems on the Mac. The article is a great transcript with Dominic and another BeOS great, Benoit Schillings." Another user adds, "Interesting for a man who once said that Apple was the epitome of everything Be was not."
Third post?
"the epitome of everything Be was not".
Still in business is the first thing that comes to mind unfortunately
My first FIRST! Propz to me!
I've been looking at Linux kernel development jobs in my area, and all of them are for people with very extensive experience (over three years in the Linux kernel itself, for example), particular people who have developed a major component of the kernel itself. Of course, 99% of these people already have good jobs, so these positions will go unfilled for months. Anyway, my point is that it doesn't surprise me that someone like Giampaolo has joing Apple, because it's just part of a trend - only people who have lots of experience in the field are getting job offers.
And the men who hold high places must be the ones who start
To mold a new reality... closer to the heart
Fatah threatens to blow up US Embassies and Kill Israeli Cabinet Families. Cute "freedom" fighters. April 16
Fatah's military wing last night warned that if Barghouti is harmed, the organization will target the prime minister and the chief of staff. "We know how to reach their homes," said the statement, which also warned the United States that if Barghouti is harmed, its embassies will be targeted overseas.
*Warnings - and calls for the death penalty *
Palestinian chief negotiator Sa'eb Erekat last night called on Israel to free Barghouti, charging that the arrest created a "serious obstacle" to the effort to restore calm, and that the PA regards Israel as responsible for Barghouti's well being.
Former justice minister Yossi Beilin called Barghouti's arrest "one achievement too many," noting that while Barghouti is under arrest, "leaders of the Hamas and Islamic Jihad go free." He warned the arrest could "lead the conflict into even darker corners, and called on Israel to release Barghouti at its own initiative and quickly."
MK Yosef Lapid of Shinui said that while he believes Barghouti should have been arrested and put on trial, he hopes that "Barghouti in prison won't mean more trouble for Israel than Barghouti free."
MK Michael Kleiner of Herut called for Barghouti to be put on trial and served the death penalty. Coalition whip Ze'ev Boim of Likud called for "a public trial."
MK Avshalom Vilan of Meretz said that the damage in capturing Barghouti will far outweigh the advantages, warning that the move will start a new cycle of violence. Hadash issued a statement calling on Israel to release Barghouti.
Suha Arafat: No Suicide Bombs for My Daughter
... She embraced death with a smile while the leaders are running away from death. Doors of heaven are opened for her," he wrote.
Palestinian first lady Suha Arafat tells an Arab language magazine this week that she'd gladly see her son become a suicide bomber in intifada against Israel.
In fact, according to numerous published reports, Mrs. Arafat said "there would be no greater honor" than having her son blow himself to smithereens while strapped to a high explosive.
Alas, poor Suha Arafat doesn't have a son. How convenient.
But what about her daughter, Zahawa, with whom Mrs. Arafat lives in Paris, safely removed from the ongoing Mideast violence committed in her husband's name.
Surely Suha knows that two of the most celebrated recent suicide bombers were teenage daughters of other Palestinian women, girls not a whole lot older than 7-year-old Zahawa.
One of Zahawa Arafat's sisters in the struggle, teenager Ayat Akhras, was even heralded by the Saudi ambassador to Great Britain over the weekend, in a poem that appeared in London's leading Arab language daily, al-Hayat.
"Tell Ayat, the bride of loftiness
Though age 7 may be a bit young for Zahawa to enter the "Doors of Heaven," surely she could begin training, as so many other Palestinian children pictured recently while dressed in the latest explosive-wear seem to be doing.
Surely the parents of Ayat Akhras must feel extremely "honored" (to use Suha's word) that their own daughter decided to make the ultimate sacrifice.
At least until it occurs to them that while Mrs. Arafat encourages girls like Ayat to vaporize themselves for the cause, she has no such plans for her own daughter.
Deja Vu
No sig for you!!
uh, I don't really know half of what these guys were chattering about but it was entertaining and I'm glad apple has dominic, sounds like a good guy. maybe I'll go hack up my own filesystem, I've been inspired.
I'm too lame for sigs
Before I part with'em: two pennies weigh ~4.996+/-0.014g, have a zinc core, and the face of Lincoln. You can keep 'em.
Nothing really funny, just a /. loser that just noticed the aqua design on the mac posts....
Before I part with'em: two pennies weigh ~4.996+/-0.014g, have a zinc core, and the face of Lincoln. You can keep 'em.
that there indeed is a God.
I'm hoping he'll be working on a metadata solution for the Mac OS X filesystem. The transition from 9's file type metadata to X's filename extension has been a big step backwards, and the BeOS is renowned for its handling of metadata. Perhaps Apple hired him with an eye towards imporving things?
Ummm... did anyone else notice this article was actually published on 03/29/02. Not exactly breaking news, folks. MacCentral is REAL source for up-to-the-minute Mac info/news.
only people in my area (utah) that get job offers are microsoft-certs and ITT *cough* professionals.
unix is unheard of.
people with experience are looked at like lunatics. (long story/subject...)
no wonder novell is dead.
Damn you slashdot,
and you get actually paid for this crap ?
...Apple hires Jean-Louis Gassee
:)
When I read this headline the first thing that I thought was that Apple wants to start working on something to compete with Microsoft's plan for a database file store in one of the upcoming versions of Windows, either Blackcomb or Longhorn. Probably Blackcomb. Of course, I'm not suggesting that Apple doesn't have engineers who couldn't do it without this fellow, but at least there is a sort-of-high profile guy they can garner some expertise from.
-- This sig is.
And of course a lot of other comments and a derogatory tone to the whole article w.r.t Apple. Quite a difference a few years makes, eh? It's nice that Apple has forgotten the smack-talking. OTOH, maybe they hired Giampaolo to get a better file system from him and then will set him up for a murder wrap and get him locked away for ever. Booyah!
There is no reason Apple couldn't start using two file systems during a transition period. Just make the OS support both invisibly. Format only to the new one and ship new machines only with the new one. Yes metatags and such would be more difficult to handle but not impossible.
If we are to really believe some of Apple recent rhetoric, they are listening to the community. There was a proposal floating around the net and a petition to support it. Also the 'Feedback' button on the MacOS X support page apparently is attached to some Apple interns or some such who actually sort through the comments. The fact that the resources to start adding more meta data and journaling to HFS+ are available at Apple may indicate that they are listening. The way to find out is to continue to let Apple know that the BFS and its features (along with the features of other good, modern file systems) should be brought to HFS+ and that meta data as the primary MacOS X file association system should grow, rather than diminish.
This is true. And they do it now: HFS+ and UFS
Whereas Be is now the Epitah of everything Apple was not the Epitome of.