[mdlug] HP GPLs Tru64 Unix Advanced File System (AdvFS)

[Jeff Hanson]

On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 5:12 PM, Raymond McLaughlin
<driveray at ameritech.net> wrote:
> Is any one knowledgeable enough to comment on how big this really will
> be? Anyone hazard a guess on how long until production quality drivers
> are available in common distros?

It looks interesting:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AdvFS

> Is this likely to be enough to shake ZFS loose from Sun, i.e. from CDDL
> to GPL? Would be nice.

Maybe but it hasn't been a real competitor.  It looks like abandonware:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tru64_UNIX#Current_status