CNet on WinFS

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Posted by michael on Friday October 17, 2003 @03:12AM from the ronco-vegematic dept.

Weston writes "CNet has posted an article about WinFS, or more specifically, what Bob Muglia (a VP at Microsoft) said about it in a recent interview. According to Muglia, the new filesystem will not replace NTFS, but will incorporate feratures of NTFS, SQL, and XML all into a filesystem which, accoring to Microsoft, will open up a whole new world of information availability. He goes on to describe such a filesystem as the 'holy grail' that is sought by developers. WinFS is slated for release in 2005/06 as part of the Longhorn OS."

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Corrupt filesystems faster, by Trigun · 2003-10-17 03:13 · Score: 4, Funny

easier and more irrevocably!

Yay!
1. Re:Corrupt filesystems faster, by NivenHuH · 2003-10-17 03:20 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Heh.. fastest way to corrupt the filesystem:
  
  drop database winfs;
  
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the 'holy grail' that is sought by developers. by 3.5+stripes · 2003-10-17 03:16 · Score: 2, Funny

They should have a look in the castle ARGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH, then.

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New Filing Cabinet System Announced by doppleganger871 · 2003-10-17 03:24 · Score: 3, Funny

According to sources close to industry experts, a new filing cabinet will be brought to market sometime in the next year or two. Instead of having files, labeled with what their contents are, you will have a master file cabinet, with thousands of records that will give you a map on how to open a drawer and decipher a complex set of instructions to find the paper you're looking for. The system will revolutionize the way papers are stored in folders. Previously, there was no large, cryptic system for shuffling papers around, now there is a standard way to misplace items. No longer will you have to look just in drawers, but you may not be able to even find the cryptic instructions to lead you to the drawer to start looking in. Details are sketchy, but some have eluded to possible bookworm attacks, that could corrupt the cryptography and therefore render your whole filing cabinet useless. Industry experts suggest that an anti-bookworm product could be available shortly to help protect from this.

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MS Filesystems are Internet Enabled!!!! by zulux · 2003-10-17 03:42 · Score: 4, Funny

In 1997 Microsoft made a pledge to Internet Enable all of their tehcnologies - and true to their word, even their file-systems are now internet enabled.

It's really easy to administer. Just plug you Windows computer into the internet, wait for a few minuits for a helpfull worm - and PRESTO!!!

You file system is on the Internet Baby!!!

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Can it get any more open? by phallstrom · 2003-10-17 03:50 · Score: 2, Funny

"...all into a filesystem which, accoring to Microsoft, will open up a whole new world of information availability."

Seems like with all the worms and viruses out there that Microsoft has already achieved this goal :)
Re:Thoughts on XML by frank_adrian314159 · 2003-10-17 03:59 · Score: 2, Funny

I can see it now...
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<data file="myfile.zqp byteIndex="1">0x2b</data>
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Boy, am I excited.

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Re:he said, by penguin7of9 · 2003-10-17 05:10 · Score: 2, Funny
Which is what, exactly?

Easy:
- Require frequent hardware upgrades to make up for its inefficiencies.
- Keep competitors and OSS from being able to access data on Windows partitions reliably.
- Keep software companies selling backup and file system maintenance software in business.
It is really good at all of those things.