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I wouldn't call "spawning processes isn't slow" or a fast filesystem POSIX semantics.

• pjmlp 9y ago
  Windows has built on the premise of multi-threading and a filesystem with rich semantics, not as yet another UNIX clone.
  • staofbur 9y ago
    It certainly doesn't have a very good filesystem though. NTFS is horrible on lots of small files due to MFT contention. Even arguing with fstool for a bit doesn't improve it. Check out 50k files on Linux/OSX: 2 mins.. check out 50k files on windows ... 14 mins. And that's both SSD backed.
    • pjmlp 9y ago
      It is just that wasn't designed with that specific use case in mind. But it was designed with file streams, user ACLs, easy integration points across office networks, extensible to virtual devices, and data safety with actual proper locking semantics in mind.
      • staofbur 9y ago
        It's just crap at storing files!
        • pjmlp 9y ago
          It is your point of view, the enterprise among Fortune 500 companies using it as their IT backbone have another point of view.
          • staofbur 9y ago
            I work for a Fortune 500 and we don't like it either.
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