The Linux Filesystem Challenge

Joe Barr writes "Mark Stone has thrown down the gauntlet for Linux filesystem developers in his thoughtful essay on Linux.com. The basic premise is that Linux must find a next-generation filesystem to keep pace with Microsoft and Apple, both of whom are promising new filesystems in a year or two. Never mind that Microsoft has been promising its "innovative" native database/filesystem (copying an idea from IBM's hugely successful OS/400) for more than ten years now. Anybody remember Cairo?"

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Re:Why not use...

[Mysticalfruit]

We've long asked this question.

BeOS is a great example of why Steve Jobs shouldn't be allowed out of his mansion ever again.

A very healthy argument could be made that what Steve should have done is bought BeOS lock, stock and barrel and put Aqua/Cocoa/JunkMonkey/Whatever on top of it instead of reinventing the wheel that is OSX.

Then instead of HFS+ he would have gotten the BeOS filesystem that was 64bit years ago, has all kinds of Journaling and metadata features, etc.

Anybody remember Cairo?"

[MobileDude]

Yeah, I remember them. They were just another 80's power-band along the lines of Asia and Europe...