I remember Microsoft wanted to do something like that. The year was 1990, the software was called OLE, the goal was to hide files and apps from the users and le

I remember Microsoft wanted to do something like that. The year was 1990, the software was called OLE, the goal was to hide files and apps from the users and let them use "documents" instead. Mostly succeeded in the files part, but not so much in the apps part.