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Microsoft is already working on that. ;)

by andr 19y ago

sabat 19y ago
All the more reason for someone else to work on it, and do it right.
- mixmax 19y ago
  i wouldn't worry about Microsoft actually developing something new and useful. Unless Apple did it first of course.
  - pius 19y ago
    To be fair, WinFS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinFS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinFS) had some really exciting ideas in it. I distinctly remember being a sophomore in college, looking forward to "Longhorn" because of things like WinFS, but having trepidation about it because of things like Palladium. Of course, that was a good six years ago. They ended up gutting both of those features out of Vista to get the OS out the door and even then it was years late. But I digress. :)
  - strey 19y ago
    Bah, stop pandering to the Microsoft haters.
    - sabat 19y ago
      Actually that's not how I meant it. Regardless of who is working on it, it shouldn't stop you from working on it yourself and doing it better.
      - strey 19y ago
        And that's why you stuck "do it right" on at the end, eh?
        sabat 19y ago
        "Do it right" means as opposed to doing something the way a big corporation would do it (generally design by committee or by apathetic drones). MS is certainly guilty of that, but I wasn't picking on them.
    - mixmax 19y ago
      It wasn't meant to pander anybody - it was merely stating an opinion...
      - strey 19y ago
        Ah, good point. On another note, people who vote on HN are the smartest people in the world. That's my opinion.
        strey 19y ago
        Apparently the voters disagree.
        icky 19y ago
        Maybe they felt pandered-to? ;)
        strey 19y ago
        No, no, I'm just expressing an opinion, like mixmax. It's up to the voters whether they actually think they're so smart. For example, here is another opinion: icky is the best handle ever.
        icky 19y ago
        Why, thank you! :)
strey 19y ago
Windows has had the ability to categorize files for awhile. If you look in a file's properties, you can add custom properties to any file. I don't know if there is a way to use these properties in the file system, though.

Microsoft is already working on that. ;)

by andr 19y ago

Microsoft is already working on that. ;)

sabat 19y ago

All the more reason for someone else to work on it, and do it right.

mixmax 19y ago
i wouldn't worry about Microsoft actually developing something new and useful. Unless Apple did it first of course.
- pius 19y ago
  To be fair, WinFS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinFS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinFS) had some really exciting ideas in it. I distinctly remember being a sophomore in college, looking forward to "Longhorn" because of things like WinFS, but having trepidation about it because of things like Palladium. Of course, that was a good six years ago. They ended up gutting both of those features out of Vista to get the OS out the door and even then it was years late. But I digress. :)
- strey 19y ago
  Bah, stop pandering to the Microsoft haters.
  - sabat 19y ago
    Actually that's not how I meant it. Regardless of who is working on it, it shouldn't stop you from working on it yourself and doing it better.
    - strey 19y ago
      And that's why you stuck "do it right" on at the end, eh?
      - sabat 19y ago
        "Do it right" means as opposed to doing something the way a big corporation would do it (generally design by committee or by apathetic drones). MS is certainly guilty of that, but I wasn't picking on them.
  - mixmax 19y ago
    It wasn't meant to pander anybody - it was merely stating an opinion...
    - strey 19y ago
      Ah, good point. On another note, people who vote on HN are the smartest people in the world. That's my opinion.
      - strey 19y ago
        Apparently the voters disagree.
        icky 19y ago
        Maybe they felt pandered-to? ;)
        strey 19y ago
        No, no, I'm just expressing an opinion, like mixmax. It's up to the voters whether they actually think they're so smart. For example, here is another opinion: icky is the best handle ever.
        icky 19y ago
        Why, thank you! :)

strey 19y ago

Windows has had the ability to categorize files for awhile. If you look in a file's properties, you can add custom properties to any file. I don't know if there is a way to use these properties in the file system, though.