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Jeff Garzik wrote:

>> after it has undergone massive surgery, and Namesys is bankrupt, and
>> users have given up and moved on to XFS.  But the massive surgery should
>> happen eventually, partly to make all filesystems better (see below),
>> and partly to make the transition easier and more palatable for those
>> who don't work for Namesys.
>
> And here is the crucial point.  Reiser4 is usable and useful NOW, not
>
> We care about technical merit, not some random company's financial
> solvancy. 
>
>
>
Hmm,   that must be why Daniel Robbins, the creator of the distro with
the technically superior Gentoo approach, is still with us, yes?

If you cared about technical merit, you would discuss benchmarks, yes?