As the book says:
> There’s only one problem with a connectionless, stateless (file) system: it doesn’t work.
> Example #1: NFS is stateless, but many programs designed for Unix systems require record locking
> Example #3: If you delete a file in Unix that is still open, the file’s name is removed from its directory, but the disk blocks associated with the file are not deleted until the file is closed.
(Example #2 is a non-issue)
The security is still lacking, and the system still can't handle failures.
Yet, yes, it's faster, easier to set-up, and more widely supported than the alternatives.
