Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 25 Aug 2004 16:23:33 -0400 | From | Chris Friesen <> | Subject | Re: silent semantic changes with reiser4 |
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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.
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