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Apple Looking at ZFS For Mac OS X

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the only-the-shadow-knows dept.

Udo Schmitz writes "Apples Filesystem Development Manager, Chris Emura, is looking into porting Sun Microsystems' file system ZFS to OS X. At least this is what Sun's Eric Kustarz states on the ZFS mailing list. Is this a glimpse of hope for all those of us who think HFS+ isn't up to par for a 21st century OS? Next thing you know and they'll rewrite the Finder ..."

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  1. dunno bout m$... by airdrummer · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    wurd & xL run ok, but my canon scanner s/w won't install on my hfs+ case-sensitive f/s:-(installs fine on a case-insens hfs+ machine) but i would blame m$ for case-insensitive mindset that bred the canon installer:-P

  2. Re:FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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