But I have no access to such an industry like hardware production. Software is cheap, hardware is not :(
As for URIs - this is where they fit in well, remember that // stands for domain root, so instead of /net/google.com it's ok to use //google.com. Schema on the other hand is a hint for a port to use, so http://google.com/ is the same as //google.com:80 + it can be used for URI driver negotiation. Simply go with fopen("ftp://domain.com/file.txt") and kernel uses FTP driver, go with fopen("imap://me:pass@domain.com/inbox/") you'll receive your inbox folder on a mailserver, etc. Avoiding schema would fall back to file://, avoiding domain falls back to localhost, so /documents/hello.txt is really file://localhost/documents/hello.txt and localhost is managed with a VFS where you can create even funnier stuff, like linking other types of URLs to your file system. For examlpe, file://localhost/some_site.html -> http://www.google.com/ or file://localhost/documents/work/ -> ftp://me:pass@work.tld/home/
Basically, that is my idea of what I'd love to do + yes, complete hardware overhaul, but that's not for me (at least not for now) as I'm living in banana republic and we don't have 6 layer PCB printing/soldering facilities here :D
But I have no access to such an industry like hardware production. Software is cheap, hardware is not :(
As for URIs - this is where they fit in well, remember that // stands for domain root, so instead of /net/google.com it's ok to use //google.com. Schema on the other hand is a hint for a port to use, so http://google.com/ is the same as //google.com:80 + it can be used for URI driver negotiation. Simply go with fopen("ftp://domain.com/file.txt") and kernel uses FTP driver, go with fopen("imap://me:pass@domain.com/inbox/") you'll receive your inbox folder on a mailserver, etc. Avoiding schema would fall back to file://, avoiding domain falls back to localhost, so /documents/hello.txt is really file://localhost/documents/hello.txt and localhost is managed with a VFS where you can create even funnier stuff, like linking other types of URLs to your file system. For examlpe, file://localhost/some_site.html -> http://www.google.com/ or file://localhost/documents/work/ -> ftp://me:pass@work.tld/home/
Basically, that is my idea of what I'd love to do + yes, complete hardware overhaul, but that's not for me (at least not for now) as I'm living in banana republic and we don't have 6 layer PCB printing/soldering facilities here :D