Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 20:30:39 -0600 (CST) From: Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@flugsvamp.com> To: bright@wintelcom.net, chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: M$ one-ups UNIX??? Message-ID: <200003020230.UAA04518@prism.flugsvamp.com> In-Reply-To: <local.mail.freebsd-chat/20000301184547.X21720@fw.wintelcom.net> References: <local.mail.freebsd-chat/20000302100710.G2905@freebie.lemis.com> <local.mail.freebsd-chat/20000302014342.B327@marder-1>
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In article <local.mail.freebsd-chat/20000301184547.X21720@fw.wintelcom.net> you write: >> > ----- Forwarded message from Scott Bartram <scottb@iis.com> ----- >> > > >> > > http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2000/02-28w2k.asp > >a) really symlinks/hardlinks or, >b) a bit cooler... basically identifying duplicate files and merging > them to be COW'd if they are ever written to? > >'a' is obviously not an innovation, and 'b' seems to be quite a useless >feature which brings back memories of the hype behind compressed volumes >in the early 90s. > >I'm sure there's better things a box could do with idle time than >search for duplicate files. Um, perhaps in a M$ environment it might make sense. What happens when all umpity-dozen of your MS-Exchange (l)users take it upon themselves to mail the latest joke .gif throughout the company? -- Jonathan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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