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Subject: Re: Why is proper NTFS-driver difficult?
From: Felipe Alfaro Solana <felipe_alfaro@linuxmail.org>
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On Sun, 2004-05-30 at 19:54, Martin Olsson wrote:

> I was wondering why is there no Linux NTFS-driver which allows full 
> writing etc? Is there something that makes this particular difficult to 
> implement? I mean Linux supports so many file systems, why has proper 
> NTFS support been neglected?

Maybe because our favorite monopolistic company wants to keep its
internals well hidden to the public? The reason they are doing this is
completely unknown to me.