Filesystems one more time

Friday November 4, 2005 - 1:05PM EDT

Ok, wanted to clarify a point I made about Linux filesystems. I didn't give enough time to my last two sentences in the post. Bottom line is that Linux filesystem naming conventions are very unwieldy for human consumption. Windows is very bad but slightly more rigid and easier to understand (no case sensitivity, etc). WinFS, the new Windows filesystem is trying to get rid of that lack or structure completely by making filesystem a relational database. An idea that has been around probably since the begining of filesystems and has been championed by Oracle Founder Larry Ellison for years.