04-16-2007, 04:04 PM
[quote elmo3]Not just that, but ZFS is what enables TimeMachine.
In fact, TimeMachine is just a GUI on top of a ZFS standard feature.
Don't drink the kool-aid. Apple didn't invent anything particularly nifty here. They take advantage of it, but they didn't invent it.
TimeMachine runs fine with HFS+
But ZFS rocks!
I thank the Lords that Apple didn't invent ZFS, it was invented by SUN, was originally called the ZettaByte File System, a 128bit addressable file structure.
My best unix buddy is always talking ZFS for the last three-four years.
Why am I thankful?
Because most of the computer industry hates Apple, that sort of blind rage hate, honestly if Apple invented "Mr. Fusion" tomorrow and gave it away free, no one in the industry would use it.
Example? FireWire, why did Microsoft cripple their OS to limit FW speed?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_1394#O...em_support
No reason, they just did.
When Rendezvous (now Bonjour) was first introed by Apple, industry pundits were blasting Apple for dreaming up another "Wacky Apple" invention, they shut up quick when they found out it was an open standard,
This has been going on for decades with Apple, a short list.:
TORX screws used on the original Mac, called "Proprietary" by the industry pundits, "the tools required to open up the Mac are only available from Apple" total BS, TORX screws were invented by Textron and were an industry standard years before Apple was even a company.
ADB "Apple Proprietary, cable only available from Apple for megabucks!" More BS, it is a mini-DIN cable, also called "S-Video" cables.
LocalTalk, 3-pin Mini-DIN connectors, I used to make my own "Proprietary only from Apple" cables at work. I did a small prayer of thanks to Farralon for PhoneNet though!
Crimping modular connectors onto silver satin cable was 100X faster then soldering! Also being able to blow off 90% of the network to the "Phone Dudes" was cool.
3,5" Floppies, the industry flipped when Apple introed the Sony discs. Quickly adopted by the same industry that flipped out over another perceived "Apple Proprietary" item.
The list goes on and on and on.
BGnR
In fact, TimeMachine is just a GUI on top of a ZFS standard feature.
Don't drink the kool-aid. Apple didn't invent anything particularly nifty here. They take advantage of it, but they didn't invent it.
TimeMachine runs fine with HFS+
But ZFS rocks!
I thank the Lords that Apple didn't invent ZFS, it was invented by SUN, was originally called the ZettaByte File System, a 128bit addressable file structure.
My best unix buddy is always talking ZFS for the last three-four years.
Why am I thankful?
Because most of the computer industry hates Apple, that sort of blind rage hate, honestly if Apple invented "Mr. Fusion" tomorrow and gave it away free, no one in the industry would use it.
Example? FireWire, why did Microsoft cripple their OS to limit FW speed?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_1394#O...em_support
No reason, they just did.
When Rendezvous (now Bonjour) was first introed by Apple, industry pundits were blasting Apple for dreaming up another "Wacky Apple" invention, they shut up quick when they found out it was an open standard,
This has been going on for decades with Apple, a short list.:
TORX screws used on the original Mac, called "Proprietary" by the industry pundits, "the tools required to open up the Mac are only available from Apple" total BS, TORX screws were invented by Textron and were an industry standard years before Apple was even a company.
ADB "Apple Proprietary, cable only available from Apple for megabucks!" More BS, it is a mini-DIN cable, also called "S-Video" cables.
LocalTalk, 3-pin Mini-DIN connectors, I used to make my own "Proprietary only from Apple" cables at work. I did a small prayer of thanks to Farralon for PhoneNet though!
Crimping modular connectors onto silver satin cable was 100X faster then soldering! Also being able to blow off 90% of the network to the "Phone Dudes" was cool.
3,5" Floppies, the industry flipped when Apple introed the Sony discs. Quickly adopted by the same industry that flipped out over another perceived "Apple Proprietary" item.
The list goes on and on and on.
BGnR