From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20090902165059.D21DB5B3E@mail.bitblocks.com> References: <2abfc8db078f981044b3f9e69934279d@quanstro.net> <20090831161633.CD6F75B64@mail.bitblocks.com> <20090902165059.D21DB5B3E@mail.bitblocks.com> Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 18:10:47 +0100 Message-ID: <6a3ae47e0909021010k4c88997ehab23f72db4089e60@mail.gmail.com> From: Robert Raschke To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001517473644182c7104729b59ef Subject: Re: [9fans] Interested in improving networking in Plan 9 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 5f6148fa-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --001517473644182c7104729b59ef Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 5:50 PM, Bakul Shah > wrote: > On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:33:13 CDT Eric Van Hensbergen > wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 11:16 AM, Bakul Shah> > 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 --001517473644182c7104729b59ef Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 5:50 PM, Bakul Shah <= span dir=3D"ltr"><bakul+p= lan9@bitblocks.com> wrote:
On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:33:13 CDT Eric Van Hensbergen <= ericvh@gmail.com> =C2=A0wrote: > On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 11:16 AM, Bakul Shah<bakul+plan9@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<= br> > > be a lightweight interface.
> >
>
> The fact that its not immediately clear is what makes it a good
> research topic. =C2=A0It will likely take several iterations to identi= fy a
> "best fit" interface with the likely result that multiple > interfaces/views are required. =C2=A0I 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 distr= ibuted spreadsheet (hypernumbers.com, there used to be a trial system up and lots of documents, but I'm no= t sure where that all went, and I can't be bothereed signing up just no= w, they're presenting at ICFP CUFP on Friday, so the company/project sh= ould still be properly alive).

Anyway, the idea they've got is that every cell in a spreadsheet ha= s a URL and you can reference and use cells across a distributed space. Int= eresting idea, but I'm not entirely sure what to do with it, being spre= adsheet-challenged myself.

Robby

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