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[Aaron J. Seigo]

On Wednesday 20 February 2008, Michael Rudolph wrote:
> abstract away from the filesystem

it's not just the filesystem, but also network and other system resources. 
that's the idea behind DataEngine (and eventually Service). they are 
purposefully a bit simplistic in the interface (better for scripting, better 
for visual design tools), but offer much of this.

we already have a DataEngine that offers file system access, actually =)

> By the way, I call it plash. The plasma shell. The shell that acts on
> what is important to the user (in contrast to current shells, that act
> upon what is easily digestible for a computer).

when we get to the GUI designer (4.2?) the idea will be to allow easy "fitting 
together" of data, visualizations and transformations (as well as the visual 
bling too, of course =) ... we may be one step closer to this 'plash' =)

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