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OpenAFS
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<p>OpenAFS is an <a href="/facts/Open-source_software/HzTaB8E9">open-source</a> implementation of the <a href="/facts/Andrew_File_System/qQ07XKk6">Andrew</a> <a href="/facts/Distributed_file_system/Bz61f7Ce">distributed file system</a> (AFS). AFS was originally developed at <a href="/facts/Carnegie_Mellon_University/XKd7L2KA">Carnegie Mellon University</a>, and developed as a commercial product by the <a href="/facts/Transarc/cMhWqbuj">Transarc</a> Corporation, which was subsequently acquired by <a href="/facts/IBM/QszA7nwd">IBM</a>. At <i>LinuxWorld</i> on 15 August 2000, IBM announced their plans to release a version of their commercial AFS product under the <a href="/facts/IBM_Public_License/VcpNtq9Q">IBM Public License</a>. This became OpenAFS. Today, OpenAFS is actively developed for a wide range of operating system families including: <a href="/facts/AIX_operating_system/cRWERua2">AIX</a>, <a href="/facts/Mac_OS_X/Y93vVpTm">Mac OS X</a>, <a href="/facts/Darwin_(operating_system)/DogI3ptd">Darwin</a>, <a href="/facts/HP-UX/hIvLDdJF">HP-UX</a>, <a href="/facts/Irix/vK9rSatM">Irix</a>, <a href="/facts/Solaris_(operating_system)/KPfT98EJ">Solaris</a>, <a href="/facts/Linux/9FvCKSTq">Linux</a>, <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows/bwhAhuSL">Microsoft Windows</a>, <a href="/facts/FreeBSD/RKsFTm7F">FreeBSD</a>, <a href="/facts/NetBSD/PTm5HWls">NetBSD</a>. </p>