First, thanks for the comments ...
On May 28, 3:28pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> The future document sharing (I don't really want to use the word file
> sharing, 'cause the very concept of file sharing is becoming outdated by
> the web revolution) protocol would likely being based on some sort of HTTP.
The web revolutionized the user interface. But it would have worked much better
if it was based on an Internet file system. HTTP was nice to get the web
started. But it would become a monster ad-hoc if we want it to be the basis
of all Internet data/file sharing.
> You mentioned the difficulties ftp'ing your webpage to your ISP. Too bad,
> Microsoft has taken on this already. M$'s way of managing web page
> remotely involves NT authentication and some sort of DCOM object control
> mechanism. Even if Sun and Netscape manage to survive the onslaught of
> IIS/MSIE the upload part of the game will likely involve Java and some sort
> of NFS.
Would the MS way allow me to set up a diretory where I can authorize others to
contribute their image files (just an example) without knowing my NT password?
Again, as much mind-boggling fancy tweaks as MS can put in, it will be an
inferior ad-hoc. Also, if we are talking about the taking-off of the file
sharing service, then AFS would be the front runner for its scalability and
manageability for the huge population on the Internet.
> The very concept of people working on some Office softwares and tools
> sifting thru a global filesystem to get/manipulate information is shaken
> up by the web. I work in a company which has 90% of people working
> at client sites. Most of the business process of my company is done thru
> the web. I do my timesheet, performance reviews, expense report, telephone
> interviews reports, etc,etc thru a web browser. What do I need a filesystem
> for?
Having an Internet file system will give users and their applications a lot
freedom to do the things they like. Requiring all applications to be browser
based is too restrictive. Applications access files, what do they need a
browser for?
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Shyh-Wei Luan
