The future of files

http://gbracha.blogspot.com/2010/02/nail-files.html

Will the file metaphor die off? Are databases the new filesystems?

File hierarchies are a convenient way to think about organisation, but a tagging system and desktop searching is likely to be the way forward.
I do not, however, think that the file metaphor will die off, even if we had live images, or similar for programs.

Give up. Files are already dead.
Everything normal people care to do is already up in the cloud.
That's why the iPad doesn't need to edit files.
In 5~10 years, every computer will be like that. Only a few programmers and other professionals will continue using macs.