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Subject: Re: Commercial FreeBSD ZFS implementatoin
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On Mon, 3 May 2010, Hussain Ali wrote:

> I just read this article: http://tinyurl.com/39do89u was wondering 
> if anyone had any insight into the following quote:
>
> ' I'm therefore glad to say that SpectraLogic is working on a port of ZFS to FreeBSD.'

Presumably this means that they are sponsoring one or more FreeBSD 
developers to improve/update the existing FreeBSD port.  FreeBSD 
developers need to eat too.  However, it could also be that they are 
doing their own independent port.

Bob
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