5 ms·
Haven't there been some efforts in implementing "database filesystems"? Wasn't this supposed to be a key feature of Windows Vista?
by xtho 17y ago
Haven't there been some efforts in implementing "database filesystems"? Wasn't this supposed to be a key feature of Windows Vista?
- julio_the_squid 17y agoAn FS that supported indexing and querying of files through metadata was a key feature of BeOS, actually. And yes, MS claimed their project, 'WinFS', would be a key part of Vista (aka Longhorn), but then dropped it in 2006.
- agbell 17y agoSeems like MS has had go at this problem many times since 1990 and never cracked it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinFS#Development http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinFS#Development
- shawndumas 17y agoI thought of BeOS immediately. Then iTunes, actually. I can always quickly find what I am looking for in itunes on account of the column browser.
- gnosis 17y agoA regular filesystem really is a database, actually... a hierarchical, tree-structured one.