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It's metadata. It's as obscure as file permissions bits.
by tamana 10y ago
It's metadata. It's as obscure as file permissions bits.
- OJFord 10y agoExcept that millions of developers routinely make use of file permissions; as evidenced by this discussion, many - perhaps even a majority - haven't heard of alternate data streams.
- OJFord 10y agoActually, I'm not going to shy away from it. I'd be willing to bet that a clear majority haven't heard of alternate data streams. There are too many developers who care not for NTFS at all, never mind some little-used feature, for that not to be true.
- tracker1 10y agoI really like NTFS as a file system... seems to offer a lot more than many other file systems, and pretty interestingly so for as old as it is now. That said, hopefully broader adoption can happen when the patents expire (ugh, in 7 years). Maybe the "new" MS could be convinced to create a royalty-free spec release/promise. Would love for NTFS to become default for external storage, I already use it, but getting it on macOS and Linux isn't always as straight forward as it could be. NTFS-3G ftw.
- viraptor 10y agoBut millions of developers also go "I don't get how it works, just make it world-writable". Not sure they understand either.