Re: [9fans] coraid in the news

2010-07-07 Thread Jasse Jansson
On 07/ 7/10 04:13 AM, erik quanstrom wrote: On Tue Jul 6 21:15:59 EDT 2010, mirtchov...@gmail.com wrote: What property? zfs, i presume? erik, i care about zfs, tell me more. speaking as a private citizen with no insider knowledge in this case i think it should be obvious to any

Re: [9fans] coraid in the news

2010-07-07 Thread Brantley Coile
While there really isn't anything other than what's on our web site to say, I can say that the Open Solaris NAS is important but not a requirement for Coraid's success. We are not doomed. Brantley On Jul 6, 2010, at 11:19 PM, EBo wrote: clearly, coraid won't send commandos to make sure

Re: [9fans] coraid in the news

2010-07-07 Thread Brantley Coile
Please don't comment on the case at all. On Jul 6, 2010, at 10:13 PM, erik quanstrom wrote: On Tue Jul 6 21:15:59 EDT 2010, mirtchov...@gmail.com wrote: What property? zfs, i presume? erik, i care about zfs, tell me more. speaking as a private citizen with no insider knowledge in

Re: [9fans] coraid in the news

2010-07-07 Thread Anthony Sorace
I'm more interested in what this means for Coraid? If Oracle buckles under then zfs ports to Linux et al. is doomed. It's unlikely Oracle will buckle, although it's theoretically possible they'll lose. That would uphold NetApp's patents and potentially make the use of ZFS illegal without

Re: [9fans] coraid in the news

2010-07-07 Thread EBo
It's unlikely Oracle will buckle, although it's theoretically possible they'll lose. That would uphold NetApp's patents and potentially make the use of ZFS illegal without a license from NetApp. From what they said they have prior art, so that should shoot it down pretty quick. Coraid's

Re: [9fans] coraid in the news

2010-07-07 Thread EBo
Ah... I was referring to ZFS not Coraid. I doubted that Coraid would see this as more than a bump in the road, but thought I would ask. While there really isn't anything other than what's on our web site to say, I can say that the Open Solaris NAS is important but not a requirement for

Re: [9fans] coraid in the news

2010-07-07 Thread EBo
Please don't comment on the case at all. oops... sorry. reading the email back to front.

[9fans] coraid in the news

2010-07-06 Thread andrey mirtchovski
albeit not in the good news: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/07/06/netapp_coraid/ (sorry about the source, those who dislike ElReg)

Re: [9fans] coraid in the news

2010-07-06 Thread Jacob Todd
The Article said: It might say that, faced with someone using its stolen property supplied by a third party, Oracle-Sun, with whom it is in a legal dispute, what is it expected to do? What property? pgpdL3ak3SHFd.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [9fans] coraid in the news

2010-07-06 Thread andrey mirtchovski
What property? zfs, i presume? erik, i care about zfs, tell me more.

Re: [9fans] coraid in the news

2010-07-06 Thread erik quanstrom
On Tue Jul 6 21:15:59 EDT 2010, mirtchov...@gmail.com wrote: What property? zfs, i presume? erik, i care about zfs, tell me more. speaking as a private citizen with no insider knowledge in this case i think it should be obvious to any vaguely careful thinker that there is no stolen

Re: [9fans] coraid in the news

2010-07-06 Thread Venkatesh Srinivas
clearly, coraid won't send commandos to make sure that you don't use zfs with coraid storage. If they do, will they be from outer space? -- vs

Re: [9fans] coraid in the news

2010-07-06 Thread EBo
clearly, coraid won't send commandos to make sure that you don't use zfs with coraid storage. If they do, will they be from outer space? How did we get from paralegal to paratroopers? I'm more interested in what this means for Coraid? If Oracle buckles under then zfs ports to Linux et al.