![]() ![]() Monocultures risk becoming vulnerable monopolies which is why virus writers target Microsoft Windows and we may face an “ Impending Crypto Monoculture“. This vote of no confidence from Red Hat leaves OpenZFS as the only proven Open Source data-validating enterprise file system and with that role comes great responsibility. SUSE continues to support Btrfs in only RAID 10 equivalent configurations, and only time will tell if bcachefs proves to be a compelling alternative to OpenZFS. I personally have invested my volunteer time and career in Open Source hypervisors and file systems and I am saddened to hear that a fledgling alternative to OpenZFS suffered a setback this week with Red Hat’s announcement that it is deprecating Btrfs as a “Preview” file system. ![]() Name any category of software from complete operating systems on up and you have a plethora of choices with drastically-different philosophies, licenses, countries of origin, programming languages, and user experiences. Beyond the balance of freedom and control that Open Source provides, the sheer choice found in the Open Source ecosystem is one of its greatest strengths. I don’t know who said it first but hats off to them: “The only thing worse than competition is no competition.” This adage applies equally to market making where no competition can mean no customers, and to monopolies and monocultures. Our Senior Analyst’s take on this week’s Btrfs news from Red Hat ![]()
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