On 9 June 2006, Kyrre Nygard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> Just a wild thought here ...
>
> After noticing how much simpler it is using tags, for instance with my
> bookmarks at http://del.icio.us -- compared to hours of frustration
> trying find the right combination of folders and sub folders in my
> Firefox' bookmarks.html, I was wondering if the same approach could
> be used to arrange the UNIX filesystem hierarchy, from the root and
> up. This is just a radical thought, not yet an idea even -- but if
> somebody would be willing to think with me -- maybe we could make a
> big change.
If all you want is some kind of file organizer for human use, you
don't need a new filesystem. Just start a web server on localhost and
install a small wiki. You get tags, links, permissions, text notes
associated to nodes, and a lot more. You can also publish everything on
Internet should you need it.
If OTOH you want to extend this model to the entire system, you'll
need a lot more than a new kind of filesystem. Also, as somebody else
pointed out, UNIX is probably not the right place to start. Perhaps you
should look at plan9 / inferno first.
Regards,
Liviu Daia
--
Dr. Liviu Daia http://www.imar.ro/~daia
