Dug Song wrote: > > as much as i love AFS, i'm not convinced that Transarc will ever get it > right. my money's on coda: it's free, a descendent of AFS, has support for > disconnected operation, etc. etc. although it's still pretty early, it > looks very promising... > > http://www.coda.cs.cmu.edu/ > > FreeBSD, NetBSD, Linux ports available, Win32 clients soon... > I agree, I've been lurking on the Coda lists stuff for a while. (Also, been checking up on ARLA now and then). I think Coda is one of the more exciting things I've seen in a while. However, I did see something that was bothersome. I was at a talk about Microsoft product directions. Specifically, NT 5.0 and beyond. During the discussion of the future filesystem direction, they referred to it as "Coda" (In quotes, as if it was a code name). Not sure what to make of that. On another note, I heard from someone at Transarc about 1.5 years ago that although DCE and Encina sales were on the decline, but AFS was doing surprisingly well. I would still rather see an Open Source approach at this point though. I find it disheartening that in the computer industry you still have to pay for basic components like compilers and filesystems. I've always felt the emphasis should be on services and applications. -- Chris Cowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] 512-342-3635 (always) 614-677-3784 (until 6/1/98)
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