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1999/8/12-15 [Computer/SW/OS/Linux] UID:16302 Activity:moderate
8/12    If yesterday's RedHat fiasco wasn't enough, SGI looks like it will
        actually release XFS under GPL. Maybe they'll keep their word this time
        http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs
        \_ What RedHat fiasco?
        \_ two things to remember:
           1. they seem to hvae already released "initial code"
           2. XFS was so buggy, http://best.com completely ditched SGI because
              of it.
              \_ what was so buggy about it?
                \_ their SGI boxes kept crashing.  I doubt it was the
                   filesystems' fault.  -tom
                   \_ at least twice, they relayed in best.status
                      "SGI says it's a bug in XFS"
                \_ yes, but SGI was completely unable to fix it, which
                   makes me question their veracity.  SGI certainly isn't
                   going to say "it's because IRIX is a piece of shit"  -tom
                   \_ of the things in IRIX that "blow dead goats", the
                      filesystem is not close to being one of them. --jon
                      (35GB on xfs and no FS related crashes in a year)
                      \_  It's not the size that matters, it's how
                          you use it.
                          Now where have I heard that before...
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