XPost: alt.os.linux, alt.linux, alt.windows   
   XPost: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy   
   From: os-moma@email.no   
      
   Lew Pitcher wrote:   
   > On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 17:31:20 -0000, Support the War on Freedom   
   >  wrote:   
   > [snip]   
   >   
   >>Filetypes, in particular, desperately need to be added to the OS.   
   >   
   >   
   > Of all the abstractions available, "filetype" is the /last/ one I'd want to   
   be   
   > added to the OS. It is an ill-concieved abstraction that is often poorly and   
   > improperly implemented.   
   >   
   >   
   Beyond filetypes:   
      
   The OS should conceive the filetype by examining the file content, NOT   
   by file extensions. File extensions (*.txt, *.exe, *.etc) are only good   
   for humans' readability.   
      
   A real filesystem understands it's objects.   
      
   Objects in a filesystem can be anything; executables, packages,   
   pictures, links, folders, devices.  Virtual folders may point to places   
   on the net or they automatically collect + sort objects based on a given   
   criteria. Eg. MyFilmFolder should contain all objects that mension   
   "Hopkins or Agent Brown".   
      
   You can have several diff views (=virtual folders) of your filesystem.   
      
   Filesystem objects may have several attributes;   
   name, created/changed date, expiry date.....,and the TYPE which is   
   auto-detected or explicictly given by a user.   
      
   Objects are automatically moved to /history-2003/ directory when expiry   
   date strikes.   
      
   Filesystem with revision control. Why not keep several versions of the   
   same file object.   
      
   -------------   
      
   Interesting reading:   
     http://www.gnome.org/%7Eseth/storage/   
      
   Toward a Better Linux:   
     http://www.linuxworld.com/story/37872.htm   
      
   // os moma   
      
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