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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. No-works fine for Firefox across all OSes.. by Arivia · · Score: 0, Redundant

    well, except for that occasional problem with Firefox on Linux-that is very accessible through their amazingly simple and (dare I say it?)helpful, help pages. In short-no.

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  2. Interesting Hack by protektor · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Interesting hack but I suspect it is soon to become just one thing in a long list of things that Google bans or doesn't allow.

  3. Prepare to get Ggued... by zxflash · · Score: 0, Redundant

    If little apps that rest in your systray that check for gmail every minute or so annoy them (if they aren't made by g)
    Gmail Cracks Down on Third-Party Notifiers

    I'm sure they will be less than pleased with an app that has the potential to waste enormous (and excessive) amounts of bandwidth and disk space...

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  4. Re:i just invented SLASHDOT_FS by goombah99 · · Score: 1, Redundant
    I stored a copy of firefox on my SLASHDOT_FS. then I launched this firefox application , went to slashdot, now am posting this comment using the firefox app I'm running of my SLASHDOT_FS.

    I have to admit the write-latency is bad so I have ot keep the cache on my local disk. (I get around the 120 second post rate liit by having 10,000 different slashdot accounts). But the read time is quite good.

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  5. Re:This seems horribly abusive of Google. by djfray · · Score: 0, Redundant

    # Intellectual Property Rights. Google's Intellectual Property Rights. You acknowledge that Google owns all right, title and interest in and to the Service, including without limitation all intellectual property rights (the "Google Rights"), and such Google Rights are protected by U.S. and international intellectual property laws. Accordingly, you agree that you will not copy, reproduce, alter, modify, or create derivative works from the Service. You also agree that you will not use any robot, spider, other automated device, or manual process to monitor or copy any content from the Service. The Google Rights include rights to (i) the Service developed and provided by Google; and (ii) all software associated with the Service. The Google Rights do not include third-party content used as part of Service, including the content of communications appearing on the Service.

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