Tom's Hardware Looks At WinFS

Posted by timothy on Tuesday June 17, 2003 @04:35PM 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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Re:This article is bullshit by Osty · 2003-06-17 18:10 · 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!