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The Linux Filesystem Challenge

Posted by timothy on from the joneses-went-thattaway dept.

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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  1. I have declared by twistedcubic · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    that 3 years from now, the next version of Linux will wash my clothes, write my reports for me, and wipe my ass, all while I'm asleep. This will all happen three years from now. Well, maybe four years from now, depending on when I can coordinate release dates with the distributors. Windows and Mac have some SERIOUS catching up to do!