On Wed, 31 May 2006 09:22:30 +0200,
PowerMail Engineering ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>Unfortunately this limit is more about the DB engine we use, and the
>internal DB structures, than the file system API. It would require a
>whole new database format to break this limit, and this will not happen
>in the short term.
I understand this is a big change that won't happen overnight,
but still, I'd love to see PowerMail break the 2 GB barrier in
a few years from now.
Why? Because the integrated FoxTrot search works so well that
it has revolutionized my approach to mail. I find myself using
PowerMail more and more as a tool to mine hidden gems of
information buried deep in several years' worth of archived
mailing lists. Heck, for the programmer-oriented information I
need, FoxTrot often beats Google (let alone Spotlight). But this
power comes at a price: I can't afford to remove old messages,
and my DB is slowly growing towards the dreaded 2 GB limit.
I can wait. At the current pace of growth, I won't hit the ceiling
for another couple of years at least. But it would be nice to know
that CTM has a 64-bit DB engine in their long-term plans.
-- marco
--
It's not the data universe only, it's human conversation.
They want to turn it into a one-way flow that they have entirely
monetized. I look at the collective human mind as a kind of
ecosystem. They want to clear cut it. They want to go into the
rainforest of human thought and mow the thing down.
