Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934403AbXHORhz (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:37:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1764177AbXHORhr (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:37:47 -0400 Received: from smtpout.mac.com ([17.250.248.184]:58825 "EHLO smtpout.mac.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1764198AbXHORhq (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:37:46 -0400 In-Reply-To: <174219.56922.qm@web52501.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <174219.56922.qm@web52501.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Cc: Michael Tharp , alan , LKML Kernel , Lennart Sorensen Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Kyle Moffett Subject: Re: Thinking outside the box on file systems Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:37:29 -0400 To: Marc Perkel X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1242 Lines: 26 On Aug 15, 2007, at 13:19:16, Marc Perkel wrote: > One of the problems with the Unix/Linux world is that your minds > are locked into this one model. In order to do it right it requires > the mental discipline to break out of that. The major thing that you are missing is that this "one model" has been very heavily tested over the years. People understand it, know how to use it and write software for it, and grok its limitations. There's also a vast amount of *existing* code that you can't just "deprecate" overnight; the world just doesn't work that way. The real way to get there (IE: a new model) from here (IE: the old model) is the way all Linux development is done with a lot of sensible easy- to-understand changes and refactorings. With that said, if you actually want to sit down and start writing *code* for your model, go ahead. If it turns out to be better than our existing model then I owe you a bottle of your favorite beverage. Cheers, Kyle Moffett - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/