Webfs: A Filesystem Built on Top of the Web

Re:Webfs: A Filesystem Built on Top of the Web by amelius on Saturday January 04, 2020 @11:38PM (#21959659)

I always thought WebDAV was sabotaged by different players for some reason (e.g. Apple's implementation caused loss of data). "Never attribute to malice", but support was so bad that almost no other conclusion was possible.

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Re:Webfs: A Filesystem Built on Top of the Web by cryptoz on Saturday January 04, 2020 @11:42PM (#21959678)

"Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity" has led me astray so many times in life I've come to largely disbelieve it is a useful mantra. It lets bad actors hide behind stupidity and cause chaos on purpose, while good people let it happen because "it's simply accidental, right"?

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Re:Webfs: A Filesystem Built on Top of the Web by sitkack on Sunday January 05, 2020 @01:24AM (#21960017)

I think it is slightly more nuanced, in that bad decisions get made on accident and overlooked on purpose. If you want to sabotage something, put lots of people that make many accidental mistakes on a project and put your people in a position to overlook them.

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Re:Webfs: A Filesystem Built on Top of the Web by jlokier on Sunday January 05, 2020 @12:08PM (#21962264)

Maybe it's just Apple competence in this area. Apple's SMB client causes loss of data as well.

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Re:Webfs: A Filesystem Built on Top of the Web by CharlesW on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @11:20PM (#21998534)

I've never experienced that (and it's the only way I access my NAS), but you have my attention. Citation(s) please?

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