Comments on: Apple Finally Discards ZFS File System Fueling Rumors In The Industry http://www.connectedinternet.co.uk/2009/10/27/apple-finally-discards-zfs-file-system-fueling-rumors-in-the-industry/ Updated daily with the latest news, tips, tweaks, social networking, wordpress tips & tweaks, windows optimization help and more. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:20:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michael Lankton http://www.connectedinternet.co.uk/2009/10/27/apple-finally-discards-zfs-file-system-fueling-rumors-in-the-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-173478 Michael Lankton Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:22:30 +0000 http://www.connectedinternet.co.uk/?p=7354#comment-173478 Apple's core os team has several of the key ZFS team members from Sun, who fled Sun for Apple when the meltdown was imminent. Also, the creator of BeFS, a 64 bit journaled filesystem from the mid 90's, when neither 64 bit or journaled were buzzwords yet.<br><br>I have a feeling they'll be alright. There comes a point with an unreasonable license where you look around the table and realize you can pay your guys to do it for less. In this case, Apple definitely has the right guys to do the job. Expect a new filesystem for OS X by the time 10.7 is ready to ship. Apple's core os team has several of the key ZFS team members from Sun, who fled Sun for Apple when the meltdown was imminent. Also, the creator of BeFS, a 64 bit journaled filesystem from the mid 90's, when neither 64 bit or journaled were buzzwords yet.

I have a feeling they'll be alright. There comes a point with an unreasonable license where you look around the table and realize you can pay your guys to do it for less. In this case, Apple definitely has the right guys to do the job. Expect a new filesystem for OS X by the time 10.7 is ready to ship.

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