__/ [ p5000011 ] on Thursday 03 May 2007 02:31 \__
> On Thu, 03 May 2007 00:23:54 +0000, spike1 wrote:
>
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> did eloquently scribble:
>>> The ext3cow File System
>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | Ext3cow is an open-source, versioning file system based on ext3.
>>> | It provides a time-shifting interface that allows a real-time and
>>> | continuous view of the past. This allows users to access their
>>> | file system as it appeared at any point in time.
>>> `----
>>
>>> http://www.ext3cow.com/
>>
>>> Make no mistake. This is a feature from Apple (or a third party), which
>>> Microsoft shamelessly copied.
>>
>> hardly apple.
>> I think that's one of the standard features of VMS.
>> Has been for decades.
>
> And Sun had their Network SW Environment (NSE) based on their translucent
> filesystem in the early to mid 90's. Note the 'Network' there. Microsoft
> hardly knew what a network was for in those days
They say a technology does not exist until Microsoft introduces it to in the
'meat market'.
To be fair, the company introduced some great innovations last year. For
example, they demonstrated a perpheral that enables the user to delete
Windows botnet spewage (SPAM) by stomping on the floor.
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~~ Best regards
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