Apple Discontinues ZFS Project 329
Zaurus writes "Apple has replaced its ZFS project page with a notice that 'The ZFS project has been discontinued. The mailing list and repository will also be removed shortly.' Apple originally touted ZFS as a feature that would be available in Snow Leopard Server. A few months before release, all mention of ZFS was removed from the Apple web site and literature, and ZFS was notably absent from Snow Leopard Server at launch. Despite repeated attempts to get clarification about their plans from ZFS, Apple has not made any official statement regarding the matter. A zfs-macos Google group has been set up for members of Apple's zfs-discuss mailing list to migrate to, as many people had started using the unfinished ZFS port already. The call is out for developers who can continue the forked project."
Daring Fireball suggests that Apple's decision could have been motivated by NetApp's patent lawsuit over ZFS.
Great (Score:5, Funny)
Now if you're using zfs on Mac OS, you can't complain if it loses your data. You already knew it was forked.
Re:God forbid... (Score:5, Funny)
Please hand in your geek card as you leave.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZFS [wikipedia.org]
Re:God forbid... (Score:5, Funny)
My sense of entitlement demands that everyone hand everything to me on a silver platter as well! I shouldn't be required to click on a link, much less do a Google search. You and I are in agreement. BTW, you owe me for that.
Re:God forbid... (Score:5, Funny)
All this time, I thought folks were talking about file management with a phony French accent!
Save zee file to zee FS and you will see that zee bytes go ...
Please mod this up (Score:4, Funny)
Of course, there's also no better way to prove his point than to get offended by it.
Yeah - so unlike Microsoft... (Score:2, Funny)
...who don't even *have* a next-generation filesystem project to cancel.
(see - I can troll, too!)
This is devastating... (Score:5, Funny)
Hearing that ZFS support was upcoming in Snowleopard is one of the things that encouraged me to switch my desktop from Windows XP to MacOS.
It is an understatement to say i'm disappointed to see Apple abandoning this.
Support for ZFS is not just a little feature checkbox, it's a major component of the OS.
It'd be like if Microsoft dropped/cancelled support for Solitaire from Windows....
Re:Not surprised. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:The Reason is Probably Technical (Score:2, Funny)
It makes perfect sense. HPFS is simply far too long in the tooth now.
Yer................
What's even more difficult is to integrate an existing filesystem into your OS that wasn't designed with your OS and your use cases in mind. It becomes virtually impossible to then change anything.
Re:God forbid... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Maybe they should look at HAMMER FS (Score:5, Funny)
Steve Jobs commented on HAMMER FS inclusion in 10.7 during WWDC 2009. He said "due to legal and technical constraints we can't touch that"
Re:This is devastating... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Please mod this up (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Maybe they should look at HAMMER FS (Score:5, Funny)
Thanks for breaking it down. Too bad Apple had to stop HAMMER time.
Re:This is devastating... (Score:3, Funny)