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Tom's Hardware Looks At WinFS

Posted by timothy on from the straight-to-the-nsa dept.

Alizarin Erythrosin writes "Tom's Hardware Guide has an article about the new WinFS file system. The article talks first about some of the problems and advantages with FAT[16|32] and NTFS, then talks briefly about WinFS. Here is the summary: 'Microsoft is breaking new ground with Longhorn, successor to XP. The upcoming WinFS file system will be the first to be context-dependent, and promises to make long search times and wasted memory a thing of the past. Today, THG compares it to FAT and NTFS.' Personally, I still have reservations about using a relational database to keep track of files. Unless they can keep the overhead to a minimum, I can't see it being as efficient as a file system should be."

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  1. Microsoft and Nomenclature by Jakyll · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So WinFS (Windows File System) Is actually Called WinFS FS (Windows Future Storage File System) Microsoft Does it again... didn't they have an internal debate about what CE and XP and NTFS actually meant?

  2. Re:First Post by randyest · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    . . . that frothy mix of shit and lube after your boyfriend gets done reaming your asshole . . .

    Did you know that stuff has a name? it's santorum! No kidding! Funny, eh?

    To pull this back OT: the above-referenced article at THG has exactly as much new information on WinFS as the horrid post to which this is a reply.

    Good day sir.

    I said good day!

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  3. Re:This article is bullshit by automag_6 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    how does a post recieve a rating of (Score:5, Troll), am I missing something?

  4. Re:This article is bullshit by Osty · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    how does a post recieve a rating of (Score:5, Troll), am I missing something?

    Lovely Slashcode. Mod the comment up to +5 (however you choose). Then mod it down by 1, for +4, Troll. Then mod it up again with Underrated (which doesn't get tagged). Suddenly you have a +5, Troll comment. Whee!

  5. Re:This article is bullshit by brsmith4 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Score 5, Troll

    That says it all. lol

  6. Only on Slashdot.. by Aliencow · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    (Score:5, Troll)
    Can I be your new friend? You realized what I always wanted to realize !

  7. MOD UP by mgkimsal2 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I never fail to be baffled at the degree of inertia in the IT world. I sometimes thing every computer person thinks technology should be frozen at whatever point they got tired of learning new stuff. "File name extensions and symbolic links were good enough for me lad!" It's a weird attitude.

    If I had modpoints I'd mod that up! :(

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