# File System Wars Ahead:
Stateful vs Stateless In Seattle

- ## Microsoft proposes Common Internet File System (CIFS) based on SAMBA/SMB.

- ## Sun proposes WebNFS as the Internet file system to run NFS over TCP and across Internet fire walls.

- ## DCE includes the distributed file system (DFS) formerly the Andrew File System.

- ## NFS is currently the defacto standard interoperable file system for enterprise computing users.

- ## WebNFS to be integrated into Netscape and Sun’sHotJava browser, and CIFS to be integrated into the Windows OS.

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