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[Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>         
> > > > user was to have a sensible way of creating storing and sorting his files 
> > > > in 
> > > > the first place there would be no need for the unmitigated  resource hog 
> > > > in 
> > > > the first place   it just allows people to be lax and untidy 
> > > > so there is no reason for it to be installed there is on the other hand a 
> > > > need 
> > > > to teach people to organise the machines .   
> > > And what 'organized' filesystem will let me see related IMs, documents,
> > > web content, e-mail, and contact information in one view derived from a
> > > single action?  None. 
> > And why would anyone need that?
> > Peter was addressing filesystem organization, but he could just as well
> > have been addressing organization of your life.
> > Do you routinely keep all of your possessions in a heap in the middle
> > of the floor?  If not, why do you maintain your files and your life this
> > way?
> What room or shelf would you put a knife in? The kitchen? 

The real problem with this argument is that data is not things;  it is a
nice metaphor but it just isn't true.  

But if you insist on that metaphor: Just about anything from a ODT
document to an e-mail message is itself composed of constituent parts;
an e-mail address has a body, attachments, a subject, recipients...
The context those parts create for each other are what make the e-mail
valuable.  A kitchen knife is a kitchen knife - in everyday reality
nobody [except a chef] cares about the alloy the blade is made out of or
the type of plastic the handle is made out of.  But I care allot about
the e-mails I've exchanged with customer X.

And "why would anyone need that?"

Because there is useful data captured in all those things.

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