Re: [Nbd] history about nbd

[Wouter Verhelst <w@...112...>]

On Wed, Feb 08, 2012 at 12:13:15AM +0800, harryxiyou wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 11:28 PM, Wouter Verhelst <w@...112...> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 06, 2012 at 12:59:36PM +0800, harryxiyou wrote:
> >> Hello list and maintainers,
> >>
> >> I am a student in Chinese, which developed a project named cloudxy.
> >> The website is
> >> http://code.google.com/p/cloudxy/  .  We also use the nbd as part of
> >> our project.
> >> In these days, i just wanna write a article about the nbd under 'cloud
> >> storage'. So
> >> i should know all the history about nbd, which means its launch time
> >> and man, etc.
> >> But i cannot find some valuble information via the internet. I wish
> >> you can help me
> >> find some stuffs. Only for the clearly history about nbd, which should
> >> from launch time
> >> to now.
> >
> > Well, honestly I don't think something like that exists currently, and I
> > don't have the time to write it myself. Also, I don't know much about
> > nbd (other than that it existed) before I got involved, so it's fairly
> > difficult to give you an answer.
> >
> Ok, thanks for the stuffs you did.
> 
> > Is there anything a bit more specific you'd like to know?
> >
> Cloud you please tell me who launched NBD project and the exact time?

Pavel Machek, I think around the late nineties (it was in kernel
2.1.something).

He handed development over to me and Paul in 2003 or thereabouts.

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