Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 23rd Jun 2008 14:12 UTC, submitted by diegocg
General Unix HP has announced that they will open source the AdvFS under the second version of the GPL. AdvFS is a mid-90's file system that is used by the Tru64 UNIX operating system. The Wikipedia page on AdvFS provides the necessary background information and feature set of the AdvFS file system.
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I wonder if this move is to allow...
by IridiumAlly on Mon 23rd Jun 2008 17:14 UTC
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HP to compete with Sun's ZFS file system. If HP can get their file system into the kernel before Sun can GPL ZFS then HP will have some bragging rights.