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This post[1] maybe? I just have some difficulty believing Oracle would continue to fund btrfs when they have ZFS. Then again, the code is already out there, the
by lmz 16y ago
This post[1] maybe? I just have some difficulty believing Oracle would continue to fund btrfs when they have ZFS. Then again, the code is already out there, the developer can simply move to Red Hat / IBM / Canonical / wherever and continue working if funding is pulled.
[1]: http://www.linux-foundation.org/weblogs/amanda/2009/06/22/a-conversation-with-chris-mason-on-btrfs-the-next-generation-file-system-for-linux/ http://www.linux-foundation.org/weblogs/amanda/2009/06/22/a-...
- nailer 16y agoWhy? Asides from the BtrFS having btrees and some (acknowledged by the ZFS developers) better design decisions (see the btrfs wikipedia page), ZFS keeps Solaris customers locked into Solaris and away from Linux.