On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 5:50 PM, Bakul Shah <bakul+pl...@bitblocks.com<bakul%2bpl...@bitblocks.com> > wrote:
> On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:33:13 CDT Eric Van Hensbergen <eri...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 11:16 AM, Bakul > > Shah<bakul+pl...@bitblocks.com<bakul%2bpl...@bitblocks.com>> > wrote: > > > > > > An intriguing idea that can point toward a synth fs interface > > > to a dbms or search results.... But I don't think this would > > > be a lightweight interface. > > > > > > > The fact that its not immediately clear is what makes it a good > > research topic. It will likely take several iterations to identify a > > "best fit" interface with the likely result that multiple > > interfaces/views are required. I think there are precious little > > information on synthetic file system design, given its continuing > > popularity in the non-Plan-9 world, we could use more published > > wisdom/experiences from the evolution of various file-system based > > interfaces. > > Oh I don't know.... Shoehorning a DB interface into a FS > interface doesn't feel right but stranger things have > happened. > > There are some folk about who are working on a distributed spreadsheet ( hypernumbers.com, there used to be a trial system up and lots of documents, but I'm not sure where that all went, and I can't be bothereed signing up just now, they're presenting at ICFP CUFP on Friday, so the company/project should still be properly alive). Anyway, the idea they've got is that every cell in a spreadsheet has a URL and you can reference and use cells across a distributed space. Interesting idea, but I'm not entirely sure what to do with it, being spreadsheet-challenged myself. Robby
