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To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
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Subject: Re: Known problems with async ufs? 
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 24 Sep 1997 22:59:38 GMT."
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Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 09:53:49 +0530
From: A Joseph Koshy <koshy@india.hp.com>
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>>>> "Terry Lambert" <tlambert@primenet.com> writes

> They addressed this somewhat by guaranteeing that metadata writes would
> be ordered.  It's unclear whether this infringes on USL's Delayed
> Ordered Writes patent.

EXT2FS has been around for a long time.  Wouldn't the DOW patent be 
invalid on the grounds of ``prior art'' if the technology was similar?

Just curious.

Koshy
<koshy@india.hp.com>			My Personal Opinions Only.