Shuttleworth On Redefining File Systems

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday October 25, 2008 @05:52AM from the as-long-as-we-don't-call-it-2.0 dept.

moteyalpha writes "Mark Shuttleworth described the beginnings of what could a great step forward in making file systems more usable. I've personally had the experience of trying to find a file for a customer who had just finished editing a critical report, saved it, and then couldn't locate it to deliver to their client. Quoting: 'My biggest concern on this front is that it be done in a way that every desktop environment can embrace. We need a consistent experience across GNOME, KDE, OpenOffice and Firefox so that content can flow from app to app in a seamless fashion and the user's expectations can be met no matter which app or environment they happen to use. If someone sends a file to me over Empathy, and I want to open it in Amarok, then I shouldn't have to work with two completely different mental models of content storage.'"

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Just run an all-Microsoft environment by Animats · 2008-10-25 06:03 · Score: -1, Flamebait

Just run standard Microsoft office software with Microsoft networking and Windows Search enabled, and you won't have these problems. This is an issue that Microsoft does try hard to address.
He's whining that someone sent him pirated music over Empathy's IM file transfer system, and now he can't find it to open it in the Amarok music player. So he says we need a new file system technology. Right.