On Tuesday, 22 December 1998,
     FRANCOIS THUNUS wrote to IVAN TODOROSKI about ext2fs

 IT>>   HPFS is extremely robust, so this rarely happens, and when it does,

 IT>>   I wonder if EXT2FS and NTFS are this robust...

 FT> No idea about NTFS, but if I remember it well, m$ designed both
 FT> hpfs and ntfs, and ntfs hexadecimal code is the same as hpfs...

  Well all I know is that it is designed by Gordon Letwin, but wasn't
  aware that he worked for MS. If he did, than I must admit that HPFS is
  probably THE BEST thing ever to come out of that place... or maybe
  it's the ONLY good thing?

 FT> As far as ext2fs is concerned, I have more concrete data, since I
 FT> manage a network of Linux machines. It's for more as reliable as

 FT> from a user point of view, they offer the same reliability, and
 FT> that's all I'm asking for in a file system.

      That's what I expected...

 FT> From a programming point of view, I think hpfs has been completely
 FT> underused (and by that I mean mostly the extended attributes which
 FT> are not often used considering the possibilities they offer),
 FT> probably because IBM (probably for licence reason with m$) never
 FT> made the doc/spec widely available, whereas ext2fs is public.

   Hmmm? The specs ARE widely available, AFAIK. I think you can find
   them on Pete Norloff's OS/2 BBS or Hobbes, and probably even on some
   IBM site, but I rarely dare to tread in that part of the jungle,
   especially when I don't have an exact link to follow... ;)

  There is also a good description of HPFS in the .INF file which comes
  with the Graham Utilities.


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