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GmailFS - The Google File System

Posted by timothy on from the never-meant-to-be dept.

Scott Granneman writes "Looking to use that new Gmail account for something really innovative? How about combining it with a brand new filesystem for Linux? Then GmailFS might be the answer: 'GmailFS provides a mountable Linux filesystem which uses your Gmail account as its storage medium. ... GmailFS supports most file operations such as read, write, open, close, stat, symlink, link, unlink, truncate and rename.'"

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  1. Cool! Now Google can sell ads for my files! by intnsred · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Cool! Now Google can sell ads based on the contents of my files! :-(

    Is it just me, or is the GMail cheerleading by normally-privacy-concerned /.ers highly strange? Where are the rants about GMail's privacy issues -- especially when there are other free services which offer as much or more disk space and which don't have any privacy issues?!

  2. Re:Gmail invites by Booyakka+Joe · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'll bite
    booyakkajoeNOSPAM@MAPSONhotmail.com

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  3. Re:This seems horribly abusive of Google. by Loualbano2 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hook me up please.

    Email addr above. Or use this:

    slashdottemp@r1n.net

    Thank you.

    -Fran

  4. Re:This seems horribly abusive of Google. by The_Sock · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    sure, why not.
    eandryNOSPAM@amphora.NOSPAM.wincom.net

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  5. Re:This seems horribly abusive of Google. by duckmonkey · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Me please!

    duckmonkeyNOTHIS@NOTHEREhotmail.com