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[John F Haugh II]

In article <1781 at sranha.sra.co.jp> erik at srava.sra.co.jp (Erik M. van der Poel) writes:
>The reason I brought this up in comp.unix.wizards, is because I want
>to discuss how we could integrate this metadata idea into Unix.

To steal a quote from Dennis Ritchie, "if you want metadata, you know
where to find it."  UNIX is not the place to stuff every little idea
you think there is a market for.  If the market really wanted what you
are proposing, the Mac operating system would be running on as many
systems as UNIX currently does.
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