Jeff Jackson wrote:

> One has to be careful here. If everything on my computer is stored in a

DB

> I sure don't want it to be stored in a M$ database and since they control
> the OS now they are really the only ones that could enforce this rule.

That is EXACTLY what you can expect with future releases of Windows.
Database functionality is being built into the operating system with the
following purposes:
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- to improve quality and quantity of OS services to manage all things on the
box
- to reduce the "openess" of object management APIs by introducing poorly
documented OS specific extensions
- to increase the proprietary content of the OS, wrt object management, and
increase the competitive barrier to competitive application developers
- to enhance the the competitive differentiation of products produced by the
owner of the OS
- to increase the "binding" to the OS of the products produced by the owner
of the OS: these products become an "extension" to the OS ala Internet
Explorer
- to reduce attractiveness of other Database products (Oracle, look out)
</grassy_knoll_filter>

Welcome to the Thunder Dome... ;-)

Kevin