“SGI is set to release another component of its operating system
software to open source developers, a step that should make it
easier to restore Linux-based computers after a disaster.
“Tomorrow at Linux Expo in North Carolina, SGI will announce
that it will freely license its XFS “journaling” file system
technology, a core component of its Irix operating system, as open
source software. Effectively, this means developers will be able to
incorporate XFS into their own variants of Linux.
“For SGI, the move is intended to promote affinities between the
Linux community and its own products.”