On 2/28/08, Alan Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Tim wrote: > > > Don't forget, ZFS is open source, and can be ported to any other > > number of platforms as well. It's also currently supported on FreeBSD > > 7.0, and is basically production ready on that platform. > > > > The open source is HUGE in my mind, you aren't tied to Solaris. > > Granted, that is where the main development is taking place right now, > > but if Sun were to fold up shop, or kill off solaris > > *cough*netware*cough*, zfs isn't going anywhere, and your data should > > be portable. > > > > I'm going to be blunt, and probably will rile up a few trolls if there > > are any on this mailing list: > > If you're talking to anyone still on netware, they're a netware > > zealot, and nothing you can say is going to change that. > > If they haven't found a reason to throw netware under the bus yet, > > they aren't going to. No reasonable argument as to why ZFS is > > superior to NSS will be heard, there will always be some caveat (ITS > > NOT SUPPORTED BY NOVELL!!!11), as to why it's just not a good enough > > reason to switch. > > > Out of the Novell-types at the talk, one was a Novell "zealot" and the > rest were just folks who make a living supporting Novell customers. > Also, NSS was apparently been ported to Linux. > > > alan
Glad to hear that. I've NEVER understood people being close minded about technology. My experiences have been less than stellar with Netware folks. My belief has always been the sooner you realize technology is a tool and to use it as such, the sooner you will learn to use it efficiently. The greatest hammer in the world will be inferior to a drill when driving a screw :)
_______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
