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Next Windows to Have New Filesystem

Posted by timothy on from the will-it-play-nice-with-others dept.

ocipio writes: "Microsoft is currently planning a new filesystem. Its planned that the new filesystem will make searches easier, faster, and more reliable. Windows will also be less likely to break, and easier to fix when it does. The new technology will cause practically all Microsoft products to be rewritten to take advantage of it. Called Object File System, OFS will be found in the next major Windows release, codenamed Longhorn. More information can be found here at CNET."

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  1. funky fat32 tip! by Lord+Omlette · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Just found this out last night: If you're in Windows 98 and you notice Explorer (the file browser, not the web browser) is crawling on you, remove everything from your My Documents folder to another! Instant (15 minutes later) speedup! Whee!

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  2. Re:OT: Refreshing! by Reality+Master+101 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    How about we keep the discussion mature, also?

    Pick one:

    a) Fat chance
    b) Slim chance

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  3. whee by raindog151 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    OFS - government retrieval of white collar crime documents are now 31% faster!

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  4. Wow by Wind_Walker · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    A Slashdot article, commenting on the new implementation of Windows, without some snide comment appended to the end of it?

    Surely this is a sign of the Apocalypse...

  5. Re:Is Linux too busy catching-up to innovate? by m_ilya · · Score: 2, Offtopic
    I don't think it is perfect example Linux catching up with Windows. After all Linux already has ReiserFS and Microsoft have just started development of their 'database' FS for Win32.

    You may ask what common in ReiserFS and database. Well, just look at it its whitepaper. The word 'database' is everywhere in it. Hans Reiser started to think about it long time ago. And they already are working on it.

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  6. Re:This will happen...maybe. by jedidiah · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Microsoft is no Einstein.

    Microsoft is a historically accurate Edison.

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