[ge-talk] Bookmarks and email

[Michael Phipps]

Ari Haviv wrote:
> I think I remember that Beatware decided not to use single files for their
> email. Apple mail switched to single files and I've seen some complaints
> about performance.
> Another advantage of single files: a big database is more likely to be
> corrupted and lose data.
> 
> It's really the layout engine that's the hardest part to do from scratch
> since it has to be compatible with all the websites and javascript out
> there. Then there are all those extensions...

That's just part of it. With a single file, you have to lock it. You have 
to think about different layouts that effect different ways you look at the 
data. Plus, big database doesn't scale forever the way single file does, at 
least not quite so easily.

I have not deleted a single email from BeOS in years. I keep ~100,000 
emails on my BeOS machine. No performance lag. Why even consider switching?