On Thursday 18 November 2004 06:07, David Masover wrote: > I was talking about perception. People already have Windows, therefore > they already have Windows Defrag. It's "free" in the sense that > Internet Explorer is "free". Imagine how little Firefox's market share > would be if it cost money. Notice how they can afford a full-page ad in > the New York Times. Not that it's infallible, just that I don't see a > better business plan right now, biased as I am (I'm an end-user). > > [...] >
Sure, people know Windows, on the other hand Linux is known for not having a big problem with filesystem fragmentation. http://www.willsmith.org/opensource/reiser4/fragperf/test1/ As Reiser4 seems to do a lot better than ext3. A repacker is nice to have but it will only be a requirement for big businesses. Big businesses are usually using some kind of enterprise linux. Maybe Hans is able to strike a deal with some Linux distributors to allow for a repacker inclusion into their enterprise server product line. No Namesys, no reiser4, no need for a repacker ;-) -- lg, Chris
