MiZe

With Mize I am building the software platform, that I would want to use.

Elevate the Unix file philosophy into the age of connectivity.

Why am I doing this?

• What annoys me about software these days is, that things are done in so many different ways.

  • e.g: Different cloud applications for syncing data (Google Cloud, OneDrive, Dropbox)
  • e.g: Every app stores the data it deals with in it's own way (the way that the developer thought is best for this particular app)

• Back when Unix came out everything was stored in one place: the file system of the computer.

  • (just as simple bytestreams/files, organized by a folder-structure)
  • and NO program stored and synced any data around in unpredictable ways.

• This philosophy is still used in every Unix/Linux machine, on a local level, but completely abstracted away (especially on mobile phones) from the user (by every app).

• I would say: The Unix file system just hasn't evolved into the age of connectivity. It is still completely the same. And I think it shouldn't be.

• MiZe aims to bring that idea of storing all data

  • in one place
  • in one predictable and simple way
  • and programs only taking data from there and not storing it everywhere in messy ways

• That's why the slogan is going to be: Elevate the unix file philosophy into the age of connectivity.