From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hubert Chan Subject: Re: silent semantic changes with reiser4 Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 14:48:19 -0400 Sender: news Message-ID: <87hdqomn7w.fsf@uhoreg.ca> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: reiserfs-list@namesys.com Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org >>>>> "Giuseppe" == Giuseppe Bilotta writes: Giuseppe> Giuliano Pochini wrote: [...] >> You're actually looking for a database with a legacy fs-like >> interface :) Giuseppe> Hm. Isn't this exactly what MS has in store for Longhorn? No. To access the database-like functionality in WinFS, you need to use a special API. Hans as been planning this for a long time before WinFS was ever announced. See http://www.namesys.com/whitepaper.html -- Hubert Chan - http://www.uhoreg.ca/ PGP/GnuPG key: 1024D/124B61FA Fingerprint: 96C5 012F 5F74 A5F7 1FF7 5291 AF29 C719 124B 61FA Key available at wwwkeys.pgp.net. Encrypted e-mail preferred. From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hubert Chan Subject: Re: silent semantic changes with reiser4 Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 14:48:19 -0400 Sender: news Message-ID: <87hdqomn7w.fsf@uhoreg.ca> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com To: reiserfs-list@namesys.com List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org >>>>> "Giuseppe" == Giuseppe Bilotta writes: Giuseppe> Giuliano Pochini wrote: [...] >> You're actually looking for a database with a legacy fs-like >> interface :) Giuseppe> Hm. Isn't this exactly what MS has in store for Longhorn? No. To access the database-like functionality in WinFS, you need to use a special API. Hans as been planning this for a long time before WinFS was ever announced. See http://www.namesys.com/whitepaper.html -- Hubert Chan - http://www.uhoreg.ca/ PGP/GnuPG key: 1024D/124B61FA Fingerprint: 96C5 012F 5F74 A5F7 1FF7 5291 AF29 C719 124B 61FA Key available at wwwkeys.pgp.net. Encrypted e-mail preferred.