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Microsoft Addresses Pressure From Developer Community, Promises To Rename GVFS

Posted by msmash on from the backtrack dept.

DuroSoft writes: Earlier this week an article ran about how Microsoft's multi-year refusal to rename its terabyte-scale Git extension "GVFS" (Git Virtual File System) had drawn the ire and dismay of the GNOME GVfs project (Gnome Virtual File System) which predates the Microsoft project by years. Thanks to Slashdot coverage and community pressure, Microsoft has now officially promised to rename GVFS to something else, and is asking the community for suggestions for a new name. Is this an official sign that MIcrosoft is finally listening to developers (albeit with a Slashdot-level of negative attention), or are they simply trying to appease the crowd while they are still in the news due to their acquisition of GitHub?

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  1. Gitty McGitFS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Subject line says it all.

    1. Re:Gitty McGitFS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Here's something the people in power need to realize, in my opinion...

      Why do people vote for such inane names like, "Boaty McBoatFace" or the man of the year, "Hank, the Angry Drunken Dwarf"?

      The collective people really don't generally want to be "stuck" with those names that they voted for, but rather, it's a test - is the voting system fair? Can the organization be trusted to honor the votes of the people? Overwhelmingly, the answer is No. These names get voted in because there is no trust that the results will be honored.

      On an aside... I'm probably going to forever refer to the git file system as "McGitFS" ... at least internally.

    2. Re:Gitty McGitFS by angel'o'sphere · · Score: 2

      Reminds me a bit when I once worked for a power company in a scrum team. When the team got to big and was split the people demanded to have names for the teams. So we ended up with team names like "People's Front of Judea" and "Judean People's Front" (not to be confused with the People's Front of Judea).

      See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

      I actually never knew in which team I belonged ...

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  2. Taking suggestions? by sqorbit · · Score: 4, Funny

    That always works out well.. File McFileyFace? Gitty McGit Face?

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    1. Re:Taking suggestions? by NoNonAlphaCharsHere · · Score: 5, Funny

      They could use ReiserFS - that's not being used.

  3. I know what it'll be by ausekilis · · Score: 5, Funny

    Extended - Cross-platform Terabyte-enabled Filesystem, version 4.
    Or Ext4-FS, for short.

  4. Linus quote by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    "I'm an egotistical bastard, so I name all my projects after myself. First Linux, now git."

  5. Re:Slashdot outrage... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just a few days ago I have posted bunch of copy-pasted GNOME's GVFS issues into the issue tracker of Microsoft's GVFS just to troll them. Looks like I've somewhat influenced this decision - at least in my mind :)

  6. Re:Or.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    What are you blathering on about? It's under the MIT license.

    https://github.com/Microsoft/GVFS

  7. Re:Slashdot outrage... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Way to go you bad bug-filing terrorist. You should be sent off to...wait for it...GITmo!

  8. Thanks to Slashdot coverage? by Eloking · · Score: 2

    Thanks to Slashdot coverage and community pressure, Microsoft has now officially promised to rename GVFS to something else,

    Really? Isn't this a little...arrogant to take the credit about MS change of mind?

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  9. Re:Or.... by t0y · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ironically, Gnome's VFS is GPL and therefore less free.

  10. Re:"Thanks to Slashdot coverage"? by grub · · Score: 5, Funny

    MS suffered the slashdot effect and are begging for mercy. Never underestimate the power of dozens, perhaps hundreds of nerds going to your website.

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  11. WMD-FS by QuietLagoon · · Score: 3, Funny

    Where's My Data File System

  12. FS4DDD by jellomizer · · Score: 2

    I would have FS4DDD File System For Developers, Developers, Developers...

    Or perhaps BFS Blamer File System.

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  13. Consistent naming by MobyDisk · · Score: 3, Funny

    To keep consistent with Microsofts other product names, they should call it "File server." Like how they have "Sql server" as the name for their sql server, and "office" as the name of their office suite, and "Disk Operating System" is the name of their first disk operating system.

  14. Re:"Thanks to Slashdot coverage"? by Zontar+The+Mindless · · Score: 2

    Lo, how the mighty have fallen. :-(

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  15. Re:Slashdot outrage... by angel'o'sphere · · Score: 2

    Kudos for that idea!

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  16. Re:Or.... by AmiMoJo · · Score: 2

    Or more free, as in freedom.

    Less free as in free for commercial outfits to pilfer.

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