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From: Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com>
Subject: Re: silent semantic changes with reiser4
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 01:44:32 -0700
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Spam wrote:

>
>>  The fact that one filesystem will
>>offer features which other filesystems do not and cannot offer makes me
>>queasy for some reason.
>>    
>>
>
>  This last sentence makes me wonder. Where is Linux heading? The idea
>  that   a  FS  cannot  contain  features that no other FS has is very
>  scary.
>
>  I  am  all  for  uniformity, but not at the expense of shutting down
>  advanced progress that Linux is so badly needing.
>
>  This talk about old UNIX seems like people want to still live in the
>  70'ies and not look forward. Please wake up!
>
>  ~S
>
>
>
>
>  
>
well said.