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Next Windows to Have New Filesystem
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."
... Embrace-and-extend?
E3fs? Reiserfs?
"Will we have two parallel tracks in the market at once? Not desirable. There are a lot of reasons why that was really a pain in the neck for everybody, and I hope we can avoid that here," Ballmer said. "But it's conceivable that we will wind up with something that will be put on a dual track."
Translation: No, but yes.
Way to go, Steve! Incomprehensible drivel is at the core of Microsoft's strategy, and it looks like you've got it down pat.
I wonder how much code there will be in the software handling this file system which reports back to M$ what your browsing habits are, or maybe there will be measures to prevent you making back up copies of copyrighted materials.
"Common sense is nothing more than a deposit of prejudices laid down in the mind before you reach 18" Einstein
However, I hope this FS change requires application rewrites. I really do. Then there will be *another* opportunity for users (single and coporate) to investigate alternative OSes, say a data-journalling Linux system? Especially since the newly rewritten software won't be [Ff]ree...
-- @rjamestaylor on Ello
One of M$'s greatest goals is to seize control of all digital formats. This will lock them into yet another monopoly in the consumer electronics world. They've been pushing their media format hard for a while but they know that it will always be possible to break it. Enter the new file system. By putting smarts in the file system and locking it down heavily, they fortify their media formats (as well as all their data formats) and make it that much harder to break and store media files, not to mention applications. This is something that the RIAA wants. If M$ can provide them with a secure digital media format and playing environment, they will hand the keys to digital media to M$. What does this mean to the consumer? No more M$ free formats, no more M$ free electronics. If M$ gets it's way you will not be able to buy a CD, DVD, TV, media player etc, that does not contain their software and enforce the protection of their formats.
I believe NTFS was designed that way too (although it was just a rip of OS/2's fs) and we (linux people) can at least read from it. While I understand your concerns, I think you underestimate the reverse-engineering skills of hackers. There hasn't been something yet that hasn't been hacked one way or another (well, if there actually is a need to hack it), so I say give it time.
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Wow, my clients will all have to run SQL server on their desktops. Each time a file is open, the data has to be read from the database? Yeah, finding data will be faster, accessing it all?
So I guess my P4-2GHz will be obsolete RSN. :-(
* - Not my quote, wish I knew who penned it, I love it!