[nzlug] Dell are sooo pwn3d

[Craig Box]

> Not really a fair comparison as XFS is not a native filesystem of OSX or 
> Windows and therefore one should not expect support there. Why do you 
> consider XFS is a "non-standard configuration" (apart from the fact that 
> Ubuntu doesn't support it;) )? As far as I know XFS is a native Linux 
> filesystem, and is fairly common in some sectors so therefore should be 
> supported as it is on other distributions.

With a finite amount of support, and a perfectly serviceable file system
otherwise available, how much developer and support effort should be
diverted from other tasks to support this?  And ReiserFS?  And JFS?  Etc etc
etc..

Too much choice is a bad thing.

Craig