That would require coming up with something solid. Much like his generalization that there's already snapshotting and checksumming that exists for linux. yet when he was called out, he responded with a 20 page rant because there doesn't exist such a solution. It's far easier to condescend when called out on your BS than to actually answer the question. If there were such a solution available, it would've been a one line response.
IE: sure, xfs has checksumming and snapshotting today in linux!!111 But alas, nothing does exist, which is exactly why there's so much interest in zfs. "but most consumers won't need what it provides" is a cop-out, as he knows. Just like *most consumers* don't need more than 128kbit/sec of bandwidth, and *most consumers* didn't need bigger than a 10MB hard drive. It turns out people tend to use the technology AFTER it's developed. OF COURSE the need is a niche right now, just like every other technology before it. It HAS to be by the very nature that people can't use what they don't have. 10 years ago I couldn't download an entire CD without waiting a couple days, and shockingly enough, there was no *consumer need* to do so. Go figure, 10 years later, the bandwidth is there, and there's a million other technologies built up around it. But I digress, he's already assured us all he loves ZFS and isn't just trolling these forums. Clearly that statement trumps any and all actions that proceeded it. This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
