Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 28th Aug 2006 08:56 UTC, submitted by MHW
"Imagine if you will, a world where your ideas and perhaps, even your own creative works became part of the OS of tomorrow. Consider the obvious advantages to an operating system that actually adapted to the needs of the users instead of the other way around. Not only is there no such OS like this, the very idea goes against much of what we are currently seeing in the current OS options in the market."
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2006-03-20
The main problem is that people don't think in terms of information. They think in terms of language and structure. That's what processes, filesystems, etc are.
Let me put it to you this way ... If, OTOH, I organize my data in different directories with different names indicating what sorts of information is in each, and I create spread sheets and graphs and org chart-type hierarchies and flows, you'll have a better idea of what you're dealing with.
The proposal allows the user to browse the information and see what it is about. Since everything is typed, the user can see the type of data, and therefore know what it is about.
It's a very *hard* problem, but it is doable.
I do not think it is very hard. All it requires is a database, a virtual machine, an online JIT compiler. All these technologies exist today, and they are mature.