From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andreas Sundstrom Subject: Re: when will it end? Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 18:15:08 +0100 Message-ID: <419CD89C.8020307@zappa.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: reiserfs-list@namesys.com > On Thursday 18 November 2004 06:07, David Masover wrote: > >> I was talking about perception. People already have Windows, therefore >> they already have Windows Defrag. It's "free" in the sense that >> Internet Explorer is "free". Imagine how little Firefox's market share >> would be if it cost money. Notice how they can afford a full-page ad in >> the New York Times. Not that it's infallible, just that I don't see a >> better business plan right now, biased as I am (I'm an end-user). >> >> [...] >> > > Sure, people know Windows, on the other hand Linux is known for not > having a big problem with filesystem fragmentation. > > http://www.willsmith.org/opensource/reiser4/fragperf/test1/ > As Reiser4 seems to do a lot better than ext3. A repacker is nice > to have but it will only be a requirement for big businesses. > Big businesses are usually using some kind of enterprise linux. > Maybe Hans is able to strike a deal with some Linux distributors > to allow for a repacker inclusion into their enterprise server > product line. > > No Namesys, no reiser4, no need for a repacker ;-) One thing that I care more about is that Hans mentioned the resizer in his e-mail. A feature which I can't live without. [FYI: cut from another e-mail, this is a user called "Spam"] >> >> Windows 2000 and later comes with a lite version of Diskeeper from >> Executive Software. >> [This is Hans answer] > MS charges for the OS, so that business model works for them. Nobody > will buy a heavy resizer from us if there is a lite one. That would be > as likely to happen as their buying a support contract. The lite > software is reiser4 without a resizer. > > Such is my feel of the market. /Andreas