Hi everyone,

OpenAFS isn't the only open source file system that will be locked out of 
Windows by Microsoft's new certification requirements. Quite a few of these 
file systems rely on the FUSE interface. There seems to be a FUSE interface for 
windows. I don't know if Microsoft would certify the shim-like interface of 
FUSE, but I could see one of the open source foundations or big open source 
companies, like RedHat, supporting the cost of certifying a FUSE driver for 
windows. I'm thinking that the larger user-base of FUSE might cause that to 
happen.  I understand that OpenAFS has a neglected FUSE driver, but I'm 
wondering if that's a workable option going forward.

Thoughts?

According to the Wikipedia page, there seems to be one or two active FUSE 
drivers for windows:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_in_Userspace

Sincerely,
Jason

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