The keyboard of Michael Niksch emitted at some point in time:
> The answer is most likely that for about 8 years AFS has been waiting
> for DFS to take off. Many people considered AFS too complicated to set
> up, not well documented (how do I learn how to properly hack source
> code to do AFS authentication, anyway), proprietary, not
> POSIX-compliant, too expensive, and not available for Windows 3.xx or
> Windows 9x (not even for OS/2, by the way).
No, I think the real problem was already with the feature creep in AFS.
It started as a way to deliver files fast. To this was added:
o extra security (i.e. kerberos, access control lists)
o global namespace
o backup facilities and management
If you translate that into car design, you come up with a
o Ferrari convertible (fast), that has
o armour plating and a roll cage (secure), can go
o off road, across mud and water (global namespace), and
o sports a few tons load capacity
The price tag for AFS then puts it firmly into the money is no object
class of software ...
> The fact that nobody from Transarc even bothered to comment on this
> thread confirms that there is no hope whatsoever.
Thomas
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