Linux-kernel mailing list archive 1999-22,: Re: [was: ext2 question] XFS opensourced!

# Re: [was: ext2 question] XFS opensourced!

Mirian Crzig Lennox (lennox@alcita.com)
31 May 1999 12:50:41 -0400

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Stephen Frost <sfrost@ns.snowman.net> writes:
>
> One of the nice things about open-source code and such is that you
> don't have to go reinventing the wheel in general, and I guess there is some
> concern that if XFS has everything ext3 was planning to have, why develop
> both? Of course, it depends on the licenses, and if/when xfs actually shows
> up and such.

Hey, sometimes reinventing the wheel is a good thing. Ever tried
driving on wheels from 3500 BC? :)

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    Mirian Crzig Lennox                                Systems Anarchist
      "Don't follow leaders... watch the parking meters."  --Bob Dylan

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