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> Consider the case of video - it is better represented as streams of audio, picture and metadata.

Not true. Video components are packaged together because they go together logically. When you want to send the video to another machine or give a copy to a friend, it's entirely logical and useful that the various components are packaged together in some way.



I'm talking about storage, not distribution. They are two different things.


> Traditional operating systems such as Linux and windows are 100% dead when non volatile memory comes along in force

Seems like you were talking about a lot more than just one particular facet of filesystems when you made the futurist proclamation above.


Yes I admit that but for the scope of discussion, it's rather hard to separate the two.

My idea is that communication should be transparent.




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