On Sun 07-Sep-2003 at 01:17:18AM -0500, Eric Wilhelm wrote: > > Given an abstracted interface which restricts / tracks / > facilitates use and modifications to the data, the filesystem > approach could work, but now it is starting to sound a lot like a > database. The great thing about the filesystem is that it is a heirarchical database. The drawback for CAD data is that the filesystem doesn't have indexing - Searches are slower, but I figure this sort of thing can be optimised later. -- Bruno