the mercury file system

Bram Cohen bram@gawth.com
Mon, 30 Jul 2001 20:00:40 -0700 (PDT)


On Mon, 30 Jul 2001, Josh wrote:

> Yes, but you gotta see the engineering details. This really is a very basic
> design, as far as global file systems go. I actually won a bet by keeping it
> within a 2 inch binder (its still incomplete).

Any design which requires a 2" binder to hold it is completely out of
control.

> I have studied the political challenges more than the engineering
> challenges, to be honest. I figured that even if I get the design to
> work, I would never be allowed to distribute it. The only way MFS will
> be successful is if the world trusts it, so it has to have strong
> encryption.

I predict you'll never get to the point of having such problems, for
purely technical reasons.

-Bram Cohen

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