The guys over at OpenBeOS continue to make good progress. This time Axel Dörfler has checked in the initial code allowing Node Monitor in OpenBeOS. And what is Node Monitoring you ask? Let me paste from the words of "those who know":

"Node monitoring is that most BeOS-esque of system services that allows applications to offload the task of watching files and directories for changes. It provides the basis of "live" queries and folders, etc."

Yep, that's it. And you probably have seen it in action before. Noticed when, for example, decompressing a file and watching the folder you're putting it in, the reported file size keeps growing till it reaches 100%? That's node monitoring. Now, onto the shocking revelation... a discovery made my Daniel Reinhold himself, at his own life's risk i might add... this is just too shocking, let me paste his words for you to read:

"Btw, the extensive number of kernel checkins of late (many of an important and fundamental nature) has confirmed my suspicions: "Axel Dörfler" is actually the code name of a group of about a dozen German programmers secretly coding away in a Düsseldorf basement. What else could explain the incredible productivity?"

This is incredible! Axel "The Basement Hermit" Dörfler is just a codename... who would have known. I would like to thank Daniel for risking his life to bring us this news. I'm still in shock...