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Database File System
ozy writes "With all the fuss about searching and Spotlight and WinFS, check out the Database File System a completely different interface for your files, implemented in KDE. There is actually a request for developers to join a project to implement this under GNOME and leave how we use the desktop today behind."
Is this the same Hurd that will ship one year after Duke Nukem Forever?
Frankly, one of the greatest features of Hurd is that people still talk about it, in the present tense no less, despite appearances that it will never exist.
From GNU Hurd: It is not ready for production use, as there are still many bugs and missing features.
On the negative side, the support for character devices (like sound cards) and other hardware is mostly missing.
adds 0.5 seconds to every time you save a fike, but saves you 20 seconds [...] every time you open
Definitely not a good trade off. I'm a former Microsoft Word user; every other keystroke is Ctrl-S
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They can't patent the libraries, only ways of implementing the libraries. Mono can either work around the patents (assuming microsoft ever tries to enforce any), or they can break with Microsoft compatibility in the few patented places. However, as I argued in my previous post, though you seemed to miss it, it's not in Microsoft's bset interest to do this because it would fragment the C# community and destroy any perception of C# being cross-platform. Since it wouldn't destroy Mono and it would have bad consequences for C#, Microsoft has no incentive to do it. Furthermore it would be very bad press for Microsoft to start suing open-source developers. There's no precedent for that kind of behavior. Mono is safe.
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