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I've always thought filesystem compatibility between OSes should be a priority. Moreover, I've never understood why Microsoft developed ReFS instead of adopting
by jasoneckert 4y ago
I've always thought filesystem compatibility between OSes should be a priority. Moreover, I've never understood why Microsoft developed ReFS instead of adopting ZFS.
- klodolph 4y agoYeah, so the semantics of the filesystem APIs on Windows is very different, so you're not going to easily port filesystem code to Windows from other operating systems. ZFS is CDDL and that won't fly on Linux. Linux filesystem code is GPL2 and that won't fly on macOS. Licensing is a bitch.
- overthrow 4y agoProbably license issues - same reason Linus won't add ZFS to the linux kernel. https://itsfoss.com/linus-torvalds-zfs/ https://itsfoss.com/linus-torvalds-zfs/ If Linus is afraid of Oracle, MS should definitely be afraid
- lern_too_spel 4y agoMore likely Microsoft doesn't want its OS features to be controlled by a third party. The issues with using ZFS in Linux stem from the GPL. Neither Windows nor MacOS are affected.