[H-GEN] Idea for journalling filesystems

[Ewan Edwards]

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On Monday 30 June 2003 11:00 am, Paul Gearon wrote:
>
> Yes, I know that XFS was one of the earliest (was it THE earliest?)
> journalling file systems to hit Linux kernel.  (Don't forget that we owe
> this technology to SCO!  Hmmm, how did SGI get it if IBM misappropriated

Are you sure about that?  I have never had anything to do with SCO, but I have 
had something to do with SGI systems.  From that experience, I was under the 
(maybe mistaken?) impression that XFS filesystem technology came from SGI.

Can anyone correct or confirm this for me please?



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