[$] XFS: There and back ... and there again?

In a thought-provoking-and characteristically amusing-talk at the Vault conference,Dave Chinner looked at the history of XFS, its current status, and where the filesystem may be heading.In keeping with the title of the talk (shared by this article), he sees parallels in what drove the original development of XFS and what will bedriving new filesystems.Chinner's vision of the future for today's filesystems, and not justof XFS, may be a bit surprising or controversial-possibly both.