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Desktop data management needs re-think, says Shuttleworth

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on · 15 comments
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Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth says that the PC desktop is facing a new revolution in the way that information is managed and that he hopes that free software will lead the way. In a recent posting on his blog Shuttleworth says that “there’s a revolution coming as we throw out the old ‘files and folders’ metaphor and leap to something new, and it would be phenomenal if free software were leading the way.”

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Comments (15)

tracyanne ·
"nothing titillating"
tracyanne ·
"naughty Terrapins"
jdixon ·
> "naughty Terrapins"

What does the University of Maryland have to do with this?
azerthoth ·
funny I always translate that to 'New Topic' where the comment and the post title are identical.
flufferbeer ·
"new technology" It'd be great if someday ntfs6 will better work with other linux fs's. Will it happen anytime soon? Nah....
tuxchick ·
"no text". So you don't waste a click when there is no comment, just a subject line.
gus3 ·
Except that the "nt" was the comment, and didn't appear in the subject line.

Kind of like the Microsoft EULA, that you can't read and agree to until you've booted up the OS, by which time it's already too late...
garymax ·
jdixon

Fear the turtle...
hkwint ·
nt: no comment except the two chars N and T.
gus3 ·
Yeah, they sure are a couple characters...
tracyanne ·
Quoting:Yeah, they sure are a couple characters...


They're Aussies from Kickatinalong, just out the back of Burke.
jdixon ·
> nt

Meredith (my wife) says it's a common way of indicating no text. I'll take her word for it.

> Fear the turtle...

Only when they bother to schedule us again (they asked for a "temporary" absence from our schedule, they're supposed to be back next year). Until then I'm not too worried. Besides, I've heard old time Mountaineers like turtle soup. :)

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