Re: Reiser4 the Atomic Filesystem (sloganeering)

[Sam Vilain <sam@vilain.net>]

On Sat, 17 May 2003 01:18, Lars Marowsky-Bree wrote:
> > what do you guys think of that as a title for a description of reiser4
> > on our website.  The idea being that every operation is performed as
> > an atomic operation, thus it is an atomic filesystem.  Atomic tends to
> > have connotations of being powerful as well....
> reiserfs4 - ACID for your files!

Whilst perhaps the boundary-eroding experience of reading the Reiser4 white
paper may seem as enlightening and perspective shaping as true
understanding of the Atomic/Consistent/Isolated/Durable mantra for
Databases... I think there may be some interesting connotations to that
particular slogan.  Like, for instance, as if somehow the filesystem code
yielded available hydrogen atoms in an aqueous solution, thereby causing
oxygenation of your files.  Wouldn't want to have such a corrosive slogan.

Now, I'm sure that Hans and his team will have a very thorough filesystem
test suite that will have identified so many bugs that most users wouldn't
consider their data eroded when they place it on a Reiser4 filesystem, but
first impressions are important.

Windows 2003 (or maybe the version after 2003) is apparently using a SQL
database for its filesystem.  Perhaps this feature has a slogan, buzzword
or catchphrase.  Find out and parody it.  Because you are recognising the
same oneness of data structure that they are, but I think in an ultimately
less arse about face manner.
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Sam Vilain, sam@vilain.net

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