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From: Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com>
Subject: Re: silent semantic changes with reiser4
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 16:53:42 -0700
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Rik van Riel wrote:

>On Thu, 26 Aug 2004, Hans Reiser wrote:
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>>I agree that your work is important without agreeing that MS client 
>>domination will last.;-)  It is indeed my desire to give you every 
>>single feature you need to emulate MS streams within files, but doing it 
>>using directories that are files.  I would like to support you in 
>>emulating windows faster than windows.
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>1) how do you back up and restore files with streams inside ?
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>2) how do standard unix utilities handle them ?
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To repeat, I think it would be nice to implement a 
filename/pseudos/backup method for all the plugins.

Guys, we just have the beginnings in place.  One plugin method at a time 
it will all fall into place.

What we have now is useful now.  The more methods come into existence, 
the more compelling it becomes --- standard network economic theory 
applies here.

Hans