GLS³ is an open source semantic storage solution for GNU/Linux that indexes your data, extracts from it metadata and relevant information, allows you to organize it using queries and tags, an API to allow Developers to integrate searching and organization capabilities in their application, shared schemas between applications through an API, a pseudo file system for backward compatibility, a web interface, As-You-Type searching and more. Check their site for demonstration.
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Member since:2005-06-29
There's only so many solutions to a problem, and why not pick the one that seems to work best. I mean come on, when people say Linux/Mac OS/BeOS/etc... had feature X before Windows did that's usually because Microsoft is claiming to have invented something they didn't or is going further by trying to patent something with plenty of blatant prior art. Take tabbed browsing for example, Opera and FireFox had it first, but Microsoft implemented it later and got the patent too; then there's the time MS had "Microsoft invents BASIC language" on the timeline they posted to their web site.
These guy's aren't claiming that they invented what is essentially spotlight, they just happened to pick what is probably the best design concievable. If you ask me it's paying tribute to Spotlight rather than a malevolent attempt to rip it off and claim the innovation.
Member since:2005-11-23
So why when Apple add Dashboard to Tiger, everybody was shooting after them because they "copied" Konfabulator ...
The fact is when linux developpers copy on others, it doesn't matter (just as exposé in SuSE 10) but when Microsoft or Apple copy on others, it is a scandal ...
Member since:
2005-11-23
even the menu bar of the result is copied from Apple ...