[Feb 23, 97 - 01:41] Lee Roberts of 1:114/513 wrote to Bob Davis:
LR>> Object-oriented file system (the thing that's been promised
LR>> for who knows how  long now)
BD>> 
BD>> What will an object-oriented file system mean to the end user? Can I 
hold 
BD>> i in my hand?
LR> Since I've never really used an object-oriented file system, I'm not sure 
LR> that
LR> I could give an adequate answer.  :) I use OS/2 and its OO desktop, but 
LR> that's
LR> not quite the same thing.
I've used HP NewWave, which was pretty close.  It isn't too distinct from 
what Windows and its cousins do by way of file associations, OLE, and the 
like; the major issue seems to be how visible the underlying structures are.  
With NewWave, you never "ran a program": you created, viewed, edited, or 
printed an object of some type directly from the desktop.  (One type was an 
"agent" which could manipulate other objects.)  You didn't know what the file 
name(s) were, nor where they sat.
::: He's dead, Jim. Um, are you as hungry as I am?
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Jerry Schwartz
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