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Longhorn and the end of Taxonomy
I've always had a deep interest in file systems, and I'm particularly
interested in "database-ish" filesystems such the future reiser FS and
Microsoft's "WinFS". But I have to disagree with the boosterish
conclusions of
this recent "preview" of Longhorn/WinFS. I don't believe that
database mechanisms will eliminate the need for directories and
folders any more than automated card catalogs have obsoleted
librarians or Google has obsoleted good web site design. Taxonomy,
the art and science of classification, is a hard problem which will
continue to demand human attention for many years to come.
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