I didn't know about this aspect of the filesystem. Seems like WinFS executed better than Windows Longhorn/Vista.
> Hans: Reiser4 is not only a file system. It is a software framework for creation, assembly, and customizing file systems.
> It’s a bit hard for me to understand his vision. But I think its a bit like replaces a file based system with a database, where files can easily be searched and indexed and have metadata and plugins can add whole new ways of seeing the file system layer. It’s a lot.
> Hans: Reiser4 is not only a file system. It is a software framework for creation, assembly, and customizing file systems.
> It’s a bit hard for me to understand his vision. But I think its a bit like replaces a file based system with a database, where files can easily be searched and indexed and have metadata and plugins can add whole new ways of seeing the file system layer. It’s a lot.