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by umanwizard 3852 days ago
Did Jobs really know/care about technical details like what filesystem OS X used?
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eli 3852 days ago
At one point it was a significant bullet point in the list of features being added to OS X Server. It was a big deal. I'm sure he was aware of it.

http://www.zdnet.com/article/apple-announces-zfs-on-snow-leo...

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dlitz 3852 days ago
I used OS X Server in 2008. It had major quality issues that seemed to only get worse with subsequent releases. Several advertised features accessible from the UI didn't work or straight-up broke things. I doubt Jobs paid much attention to it.
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rdancer 3851 days ago
Why would you think he wasn't? Many anecdotes mention him micromanaging minute details, and many of the things he mentions in keynotes are highly technical as well as low-level.
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umanwizard 3851 days ago
I didn't have a prior belief either way; I was asking out of genuine curiosity.
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