Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 21:49:10 +0100 From: "Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg" <listsub@401.cx> To: Kieren MacMillan <kmacmillan@coresolutions.ca> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: anyone working on a new file system metaphor? Message-ID: <3E21D4C6.9020108@401.cx> References: <0747734E-24B5-11D7-9116-00306572DA52@coresolutions.ca>
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Kieren MacMillan wrote: > Hello, all you BSD hackers! > > A major change to the "file-folder-desktop" metaphor is long overdue, > and it seems to me that FreeBSD -- with Mac OS X as a large and growing > "child" -- is the perfect place to start the revolution... ;-) > > If anyone has seen Scopeware (<http://www.scopeware.com>), you'll know > the kind of thing I'm thinking of: a universal indexing system where > *any* file of *any* type in *any* location would be cross-referenced > (using metadata as well as content where possible) in one or more > "filters" or "streams". > > Is anybody working on such a fundamental change? If not, is there any > interest in starting such a project? I'm not the world's most > experienced programmer (mostly Java, some XML/XSLT, a little RealBASIC, > etc.), but I'm a good project manager and technical writer, if that > would help. > > [n.b. Please cc my email address in any responses, as I'm not currently > subscribed to the full mailing list.] > > Best regards, > Kieren MacMillan. This sounds like the filesystem from BeOS. You might want to check out OpenBeOS. (http://www.openbeos.org/) Last time I checked, their attempt to rewrite the original BeOS code under a free license had made some progress, especially the filesystem part. -- R To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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