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Article #63Re: NeXT Vaporware
From: Paul Martin Trunz
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 07:31
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 07:31
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In article <1992Oct28.231706.21563@news2.cis.umn.edu> wisdom@geom.umn.edu writes: >In article <1992Oct27.234701.7363@Princeton.EDU> sksircar@phoenix.Princeton.EDU >(Subrata Sircar) writes: >> NeXT Year. >.. >> NeXTStep 4.0 will substitute a database approach using Object Design >> technology for the traditional file system. >.. >Argh! I wish this rumor would die out NOW! While it's true that NeXT is looking >to add this to 4.0, it most certainly will not *replace* the file system. While Whats wrong with putting an OO-Database engin beneath the well known UNIX filesystem-interface ? You would not even notice it except a change (hopefully up) in performance. No apps will break, except those who rely on internal features of the filesystem. > >- Scott Wisdom >wisdom@geom.umn.edu greetins Patru -- creating a suitably witty signature is left as a hexercise to the reader.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!chsun!bernina!neptune!trunz From: trunz@inf.ethz.ch (Paul Martin Trunz) Subject: Re: NeXT Vaporware Message-ID: <1992Oct29.073135.2304@neptune.inf.ethz.ch> Sender: news@neptune.inf.ethz.ch (Mr News) Nntp-Posting-Host: brain3.inf.ethz.ch Organization: Dept. Informatik, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, CH References: <1992Oct27.234701.7363@Princeton.EDU> <1992Oct28.231706.21563@news2.cis.umn.edu> Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 07:31:35 GMT Lines: 27