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    SubjectRe: silent semantic changes with reiser4
    Hans Reiser wrote:

    > Making files into directories caused only two applications out of the
    > entire OS to notice the change, and that was because of a bug in what
    > error code we returned that we are going to fix. You think that was a
    > disaster; I think it was a triumph.

    > Since we have such a performance lead, Namesys is about to change its
    > focus from the storage layer to semantics, look at
    > www.namesys.com/whitepaper.html for details. Semantic enhancements are
    > the important stuff, and finally Namesys is where we have all the
    > storage layer prerequisites done right, and the real work can begin.

    Just curious about your comments on Jamie Lokier's suggestions for enabling
    files-as-directories semantics without breaking existing apps.

    Chris
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