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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. Re:maybe because WinFS... by Foofoobar · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And this has what to do with the price of motherboards in China?!

    Hey, what's that under that bridge over there?

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  2. Win a FS? by penguinoid · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Oh, no! Has Slashdot sunk to having sweepstakes in the headlines?
    Hmm, maybe I am missing something</luser>

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  3. mod parent up by daniel23 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    if I had any modpoints left I'd mod this Insightful

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  4. Re:Hehe! by Bush+Pig · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I think the problem for most of the rest of us is that fucking other countries is what the US does best ...

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