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WinFS' Spot on Back Burner Nothing New

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the procrastination-and-profit dept.

osViews.com writes "Charles Arthur of Independant.co.uk has an interesting editorial which analyzes Microsoft's recently postponed 'WinFS,' the file system that Microsoft had been planning to implement in Longhorn. His editorial reminds us that this technology, previously referred to as the 'NT Object Filing System' was intended for a previous version of one of Microsoft's operating system's code named 'Cairo.' Microsoft first spoke of the 'NT Object Filing System' in 1992 and scheduled a beta release in 1996 and then a full release in 1997. But limitations cause it to continue being delayed."

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  1. Perhaps it's just a bad idea. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    Long ago Oracle tried databases as a mail-server as well. In reality, databases are not the right solution for all problems.

    It reminds me of the old saying

    if all I have is a hammer, everything looks like a skull
    1. Re:Perhaps it's just a bad idea. by JeffTL · · Score: 4, Funny

      Lotus is still using databases for mail servers. And clients. And headache-inducers, for that matter.

  2. right now its a race by fresh27 · · Score: 5, Funny

    duke nukem forever and winfs are fighting for the throne... of... stupid delays

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    http://ipod.fresh27.net/
  3. Re:maybe because WinFS... by gl4ss · · Score: 4, Funny

    ..but isn't the main benefit easy searching?-) /badjoke

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    world was created 5 seconds before this post as it is.
  4. Re:maybe because WinFS is vapor... by BoldAC · · Score: 4, Funny

    Vaporware. Microsoft is so famous for it, they are referenced in the definition.

    Is there any project for a similiar file system in linux?

    The idea itself is a good one.

  5. Re:Who here remembers... by Rosyna · · Score: 4, Funny

    Not sure about COPELAND but I remember Copland

    Remember it so well I even commented on it. Lame moderators only gave me a 3 though. Bastards.

  6. *claps* by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Microsoft, I must applaud you. By delaying the best features of your operating system, and assuming you continue to do so in future versions of Windows, you wiil, one day, have the best OS to have never been developed.

  7. Re:maybe because WinFS... by _Sprocket_ · · Score: 4, Funny

    ..but isn't the main benefit easy searching?-) /badjoke

    I was just thinking that if they get this thing going, they'll be able to find the problem. Most likely in their own filesystem. Or maybe that's the problem. Just not the one they wanted to find.
  8. Re:Who here remembers... by Gorny · · Score: 5, Funny

    "the original goal of the GNU project?"

    Everyone knows that RMS wants Emacs to become self-aware.

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    Alan Perlis once said: "A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming, is not worth knowing"