Robert Haines wrote:
>> Seems more like jealousy or `not invented here' attitude than any good
>> logical reasons to me.  XFS was developed by SGI.  Redhat seems to see 
>> SGI as
>> a competitor, so do not help your competition no matter how stupid the
>> decision is or how much extra work it costs you.  Just one of many stupid
>> decisions by Redhat.
> 
> 
> Up until recently SGI used RedHat as the OS on their Altix and Prism 
> ranges of machines but they have since moved over to SuSE. There may be 
> a bit of tension there and RedHat may have spit out their dummy!


I have found these today as I was checking about various file systems. Although a bit old, 
may be informing.


http://www.redhat.com/support/wpapers/redhat/ext3

http://www.redhat.com/support/wpapers/redhat/ext3/why.html