Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] filesystems

[Dale]

W.Kenworthy wrote:
> ...
>
>> I have not dived in the Linux developers x Hans Reiser battle, so I
>> don't know which side is right and which side is guilty, but think
>> that either
>> A) reiserfs is a good filesystem, but the battle between Hans Reiser
>> and Linux developers caused people to dislike reiserfs for
>> non-technical reasons.
>> or
>> B) reiserfs is a bad filesystem but for some reason a lot of reiserfs
>> fans appeared in this thread
>>
>>
> A is the answer.  Hans Reiser is by all accounts a brilliant, eccentric
> but deeply flawed individual.  He did not get on at a personal or
> professional level with the world in general.  It almost seems like
> ext3/4 were developed to spite him and give alternatives so they would
> not have to deal with him.  Unprofessional words and actions were taken
> on both sides, but the animosity caused by Hans (and others in response)
> means that this will take forever to blow over, even with Hans out of
> the picture.
>
> There is a huge amount out there on this.  There are also may other
> highly valued developers out there who may also be a little eccentric
> (to be kind!).
>
> In the meantime, my opinion is that reiserfs3 is great, ext3 not quite
> so good, and ext2/4 and reiserfs4 are for those who live on the edge :)
>
> BillK
>
>
>

I'm not expecting a answer but along the lines of a viewpoint in a
question form.  Why is it that smart, I mean seriously smart, people
have the worst social skills?  They can invent a super fast CPU, memory
chip, hard drive some new chemical, or some other ingenious thing but
can't say a kind word if you give them a double dose of Prozac.

Sort of strange huh?

Dale

:-)  :-)