Monday, June 23, 2008

Tru64 UNIX AdvFS open sourced

HP Tru64 UNIX's filesystem has been open sourced under a GPLv2 license.
http://advfs.sourceforge.net/

Press release here.

Documentation here.

What is it with UNIX giants making filesystems open source?

1 comments:

Daniel Stuparu said...

"What is it with UNIX giants making filesystems open source?"

Would it be better if they wouldn't? I think not, this way certain quality things find their way in Linux and raise the bar for everyone, including M$.

Linux is like a recycle bin for the big UNIX vendors. :) This way certain things developed on UNIX can survive through Linux, even though the systems per se are hardly ever used anymore (think xfs and Irix, AdvFS and Tru64 etc.).