Tom asks some good questions:
> Which says what about the future of linux itself? Can
> companies run their
> businesses on an OS maintained by people who do it just
> because they feel
> like it? Is linux viable in the long term, or will it also do
> a fast fade?

Apparently Mandrake thinks so.

http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2826684,00.html

Here's a clip:

"If Linux is to make serious inroads in mission-critical server
environments, it must offer journalized file system (JFS) support. A JFS is
important for mission-critical business environments, as it provides a high
level of data integrity and helps to reduce downtime due to data corruption
or hardware failure. While other vendors of Linux operating systems have
been slow to adopt journalized file systems, Mandrake 8.1 supports several,
including Ext3, ReiserFS, XFS and JFS. Such support gives IT managers who
are evaluating Mandrake versus other Linux OSes (or Windows) an additional
reason to chose Mandrake as a mission-critical server OS."

How about MPEFS Or maybe TFS?  The TurboImage File System.  ;-)

Mark "Pipe-dreaming and naive" Wonsil

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