Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS/WAFL lawsuit

2007-09-10 Thread David Hopwood
Joerg Schilling wrote: > David Hopwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Al Hopper wrote: >>> So back to patent portfolios: yes there will be (public and private) >>> posturing; yes there will be negotiations; and, ultimately, there will >>> be a

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS/WAFL lawsuit

2007-09-08 Thread David Hopwood
e much less helpful. -- David Hopwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS/WAFL lawsuit

2007-09-07 Thread David Hopwood
ar from "not demanding anything". Neither company comes out with any credit, and regardless of the legal outcomes, both deserve to lose from this affair in the court of public opinion. (And yes, I do mean "extort". The whole patent system has degenerated into legalize

Re: [zfs-discuss] New zfs pr0n server :)))

2007-09-06 Thread David Hopwood
ge this acceleration. Another possible argument is that if the drive moves slightly, so does the connector to it, which seems like a bad idea. -- David Hopwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Single SAN Lun presented to 4 Hosts

2007-08-26 Thread David Hopwood
write to the disk, unless the filesystem is specifically mounted with options that prevent any physical writes. > Of course everything that you and Tim and Casper said is true, > but I'm still inclined to try that scenario. I don't under