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No, but the "worse" technical decision survived because it turned out to be "better" out of sheer luck. If it hadn't, they would have found a fix for ext2 or we
by mike_hock 4y ago
No, but the "worse" technical decision survived because it turned out to be "better" out of sheer luck. If it hadn't, they would have found a fix for ext2 or we would have gotten ext3 sooner, or we would have gotten a different default FS. (Survival of the "bad" decision, not the FS itself, at least not necessarily.)