From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jan 10 22:00:47 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id WAA04042 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 10 Jan 1996 22:00:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from nike.efn.org (garcia.efn.org [198.68.17.5]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id WAA04033 for ; Wed, 10 Jan 1996 22:00:43 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gurney_j@localhost) by nike.efn.org (8.6.11/8.6.9) id TAA03681; Wed, 10 Jan 1996 19:34:55 -0800 Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 19:34:54 -0800 (PST) From: John-Mark Gurney Reply-To: John-Mark Gurney To: Neil Bradley cc: Robert Nordier , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DOS File system fixes In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Tue, 9 Jan 1996, Neil Bradley wrote: > On Tue, 9 Jan 1996, Robert Nordier wrote: > > > On Tue, 9 Jan 1996, Neil Bradley wrote: > > > It would be heinous to support something like DBLSPACE. ;-) > > Actually, though, I feel that if we can't support the msdosfs _as_it_is_ > > used_, then we aren't living up to "FreeBSD is better" and the msdosfs > > support is more something to look good on the features list than an > > actual benefit. I know one of the big gripes about one of the OS/2 WARP > > releases was that it didn't want to have anything to do with compressed > > drives. DBLSPACE should be in there somewhere (though admittedly not a top > > The problem is that the technology used by DLBSPACE (read that, the > compression algorithm) is patented, and at least I'm not up to reverse > engineering a compression algorithm. can't you jsut write to the patente office and request a copy of the patente (assume the number is readily avaliable)? from what I understand as long as you use it for educational and experimental use only you can use it... wouldn't using it in FreeBSD be educational? TTYL.. John-Mark gurney_j@efn.org Modem/FAX: (503) 683-6954 (FreeBSD Box) Live in Peace, destroy Micro$oft, support free software, run FreeBSD (unix) GCS/M/Sd#h+s+!gau-a--w++++vC+++++UF++++P---E---N++W---M--V--Y+t+5++G+b+D++ B----eu+h++!f++n---- CD5OUF++++.L-------2W.DM----N.9---NET2SP3s.2,4s.,4d.2,6---