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{{Short description|Free software company}}
{{Infobox company
|name             = Namesys
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|fate             = Suspended
|foundation       = {{Start date|2004|1|1}}
|founder          = [[Hans Reiser]]
|location    = [[Oakland, California]]
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|industry         = [[Computer industry|Computing]]
|products         = [[File system]]s
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|homepage         = {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071023172417/http://www.namesys.com/ |date=23 October 2007|title=namesys.com}} 
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'''Namesys''' was a [[California]] [[corporation]] responsible for the design and implementation of the [[ReiserFS]] and [[Reiser4]] filesystems.<ref>{{cite web
 |url          = http://kepler.ss.ca.gov/
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20010401105416/http://kepler.ss.ca.gov/
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-date = April 1, 2001
 |title        = Business Search
 |work         = California Business Portal
 |date         = November 3, 2006
 |accessdate   = 2010-01-25
}} </ref> It has been inactive since late 2007 and, {{as of|2010|lc=on}}, is listed with the State of California with a status of "Suspended". Owned by [[Hans Reiser]], Namesys was based in [[Oakland, California]] and also operated in [[Russia]]{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}. The company also provided support for [[Linux]] systems.

The future of the company fell into doubt after Reiser was [[Hans Reiser#Trial and conviction|found guilty of murder]] and announced plans to sell the company to pay for his legal defense.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/15-07/ff_hansreiser?currentPage=all#? | title=Hans Reiser charged with murder | work=Wired magazine | date=June 26, 2007 | accessdate=2007-06-30 }}</ref> Their website has not been accessible since November 2007. Edward Shishkin, a Namesys employee, was quoted in a January 2008 [[CNET]] article as saying that "commercial activity of Namesys has stopped".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cnet.com/news/namesys-vanishes-but-reiser-project-lives-on/ | title=Namesys vanishes, but Reiser project lives on | work=CNet | date=January 16, 2008 | accessdate=2008-01-26 |
first = Stephen | last = Shankland
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023172417/http://www.namesys.com/ namesys.com] at [[Internet Archive]] (copy from October 2007, shortly before closure of original site)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041213101806/http://www.darpa.mil/sbir/20041SBIRAwards.html DARPA SBIR 2004.1 Phase I Award Winners]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061103184044/http://www.linux.org/lessons/advanced/x1254.html File Systems in Linux]

[[Category:Free software companies]]
[[Category:Companies based in Oakland, California]]
[[Category:2004 establishments in California]]


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