From owner-freebsd-current Wed Aug 30 8:30:20 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from smtp2.vnet.net (smtp2.vnet.net [166.82.1.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3A0837B43E for ; Wed, 30 Aug 2000 08:30:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dignus.com (ponds.vnet.net [166.82.177.48]) by smtp2.vnet.net (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e7UFU3B28097 for ; Wed, 30 Aug 2000 11:30:04 -0400 (EDT) Received: from lakes.dignus.com (lakes.dignus.com [10.0.0.3]) by dignus.com (8.9.2/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA07938 for ; Wed, 30 Aug 2000 11:30:02 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from rivers@localhost) by lakes.dignus.com (8.9.3/8.6.9) id LAA27160 for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Wed, 30 Aug 2000 11:30:01 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 11:30:01 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas David Rivers Message-Id: <200008301530.LAA27160@lakes.dignus.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: AFS. Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Just F.Y.I.... I understand that, today, IBM is announcing it will open-source AFS via the IBM Public Source license.. Some quotes I've seen: "IBM announced today the open source contribution of a high-performance file system technology and talent to strengthen collaboration in the enterprise." "The contribution of AFS Enterprise File System gives the community a remote file system with a proven track record that features high performance and scalability in rigorous computing environments. AFS is designed to protect data access by authenticating users, providing a very secure, easily manageable working environment that supports a wide variety of operating platforms, including Linux." "IBM will actively work with the open source community to extend AFS development. In September, 2000 the source code for AFS will be available through the IBM Public Source License..." Might be interesting.... - Dave Rivers - -- rivers@dignus.com Work: (919) 676-0847 Get your mainframe (370) `C' compiler at http://www.dignus.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message