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more about #zfs jinushaun: From what I've heard, Apple dropped ZFS because Sun couldn't guarantee support of it (the "private license" part), now that it has been bought by Orac... more » JacquesAss: 1. Sun is currently in the middle of litigation with NetApp over ZFS (hence the "indemnification" issues). 2. Sun is soon to be owned by Oracle, whi... more » PhilomenaAjax: As much as it pains me to defend Apple here, a lack of willingness to share wasn't the issue. From the cited mailing list Apple wanted a license "with... more » robdaemon: I take this to mean that Apple simply doesn't want to release parts of any proprietary interfaces between Mac OS X and ZFS back to the community. Not... more » Monty: If true, knowing that ZFS is supposedly an outstanding file system, could we interpret Apple's need for a "private license" as being bad for us consum... more » COCOViper: Snow Leopard is really shaping up to be Apple's Vista- i.e. the OS that really isn't that bad but should have been a lot more. #zfs more » renderizer: right after their ad of broken promises... more » jinushaun: Snow Leopard is starting to sound more and more like Vista everyday! Are we ever going to get WinFS? more » oldtaku: As an engineer I'm going to guess that 1) They underestimated the work getting it fully integrated; not just 'there if you know how to get to it', bu... more » Sir Gibler: has anyone else notice that the interface was updated in iTunes when you run snow leopard. the scroll bar when view apps is well different. at least f... more » Bodie1550: Wasn't there also something called a "Marble Interface"? Perhaps in the Blizzard edition. Still -- looking forward to Snow Leopard which I should rece... more » zacbowling: DTrace isn't an issue with CDDL because its a userspace application and not linked to the kernel. Apple wouldn't have to worry so much about GPL sin... more » ploopsy: Most computers that apple sells can only hold 1 hard drive. ZFS seems more use full in a multi disk file server or data center. more » ndonahue: I think Apple just didn't want to go above the $29 price point. Imagine how many people wouldn't upgrade if the price was $29.95. more » zacbowling: did you nod off durning writing this? "ZFS" became "ZDF" half way through. more » Andyr2120: Oracle looks like they are going to try to monetize every last possible dollar out of the various apps that Sun owned. It won't end well. more » -
#apple
Apple Kills ZFS Plans for Snow Leopard
Don't hold your breath for the ZFS filesystem to appear in any future Snow Leopard updates. A message yesterday on the project's homepage very clearly acknowledges that development has stopped completely. More » -
#snowleopard
Why Did Apple Drop ZFS From Snow Leopard?
In 2008, Apple announced that we would see ZFS as part of Snow Leopard Server, but a year later our copies are shipping with ZFS nowhere to be found. What went wrong? And will we ever get ZFS? More » -
