Re: Database storage approach

[Brandon Fosdick <bfoz glue umd edu>]

Michael ROGERS wrote:
<snip> 
>  I think you'd have to create a new filesystem which recorded all changes to
> documents in the database way, but presented itself to non-Gnome applications
> in the filesystem way. Great idea if you can get it to work, but it's really a
> bigger problem than just rewriting the file selectors or even rewriting Gnome
> apps. It needs to be addressed at the OS level, not the UI level. Of course,
> if someone wants to write an OS with X support in the kernel and a
> database-oriented filesystem, I'm not going to stop them...
> 

Actually I've been fiddling with that sort of thing for about a year now. I plan
to start serious work once I graduate next month. I'm a converted M$ programmer
so I could use some help. Any takers?

-Brandon

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