> >OS designers could think about providing a capability of tagging a file as >private and making it immune to interference from gratuitous activity.
Of course, if such a facility existed it would be exploited by viruses to keep the antivirus forces at bay. Quite a conundrum. This kind of thing isn't just a database problem. All kinds of routine operations can fail unexpectedly valid but very temporary reasons, and the OS solution is to throw the crap back to every single application to handle. It's not good for reliability. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
