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WinFS to be available in WinXP

Posted by Hemos on from the by-bits-and-dribbles dept.

ScooterMcGoo writes "According to a Microsoft Watch blog, WinFS is being back ported for Windows XP. From TFA: WinFS isn't dead, Tom Rizzo, Microsoft's director of product management for SQL Server, recently told Microsoft Watch. In fact, Microsoft is planning to provide an update on the technology at this year's Professional Developers Conference (PDC) in September, he said. Rizzo said that Microsoft is busily back-porting the WinFS file-system technology to Windows XP. It's unclear if Microsoft also is porting WinFS to Windows Server 2003, but such a move would be likely, given that the Redmond software vendor is doing so with Avalon and Indigo."

10 of 428 comments (clear)

  1. Aha, that explains it ... by ggvaidya · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought the Bill-Gates-as-borg icon had a slightly wider smile today ...

  2. WinVapor by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 5, Funny

    WinFS announcements are one of Microsoft's most popular products. Thanks for the upgrade!

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  3. Microsoft has hired... by lbmouse · · Score: 5, Funny

    Frankie Avalon and The Indigo Girls?

  4. Re:Longhorn by Sheetrock · · Score: 4, Funny
    Expect seamless integration of these features, as well as the best support options, to be available in Longhorn.

    We had Internet, 32-bit color, and multitasking in Windows 3.1, but no one seemed to complain about the jump to Windows 95 (especially because they didn't have to tinker with CONFIG.SYS/AUTOEXEC.BAT to get games working.) Similarly, while new advanced technologies may be available in XP for developers and power users to preview or even use it is no substitute for the successful integration and exploitation of these features at all levels of the operating system.

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  5. Standard?? by GNUALMAFUERTE · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think that the most important Question here is ... is microsoft going to provide an specification for the fs?, and, in case they do, will it be licensed in a GPL-compatible way?

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  6. Can't wait! by Ancient_Hacker · · Score: 4, Funny
    ooooh, o00000h, oooooooh! Can't wait.

    After seeing how completely incompetent and pants-wetting funny awful Microsoft is at file searching with the little doggie, I can't wait to experience having a few more unnecessary, superfluous, extravagant, and bloated layers HELPING me.

  7. Re:Sure... by wolfgang_spangler · · Score: 5, Funny
    If Microsoft wants to make WinFS a fundamental part of their strategy, they must back port it. Forcing developers to upgrade before they can develop is foolhardy.


    I think you misspelled "monopoly"
  8. Re:What's left for Longhorn? by loraksus · · Score: 5, Funny

    You'll find out in 2010.

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  9. Re:WinFS by goofyspouse · · Score: 5, Funny

    "So not only is it a file system, it is also a search engine."

    Man: WinFS is a desert topping.
    Woman: No, it's a floor wax.
    Man: Desert topping!
    Woman: Floor wax!
    Announcer: You are both right...WinFS is both a desert topping *and* a floor wax.

  10. Re:What's left for Longhorn? by Proaxiom · · Score: 4, Funny
    Parental controls on things like amount of time a user can play a particular game, use an application, or browse the web (while this may seem pointless to most geeks, as a parent I know this will be useful).

    Me too. I feel it is important for my children to figure out how to circumvent protection measures like this, thus adding a little extra education to their computing experience.

    Kind of like: "Of course you can play Mickey Mouse Toddler, as soon as you crack the password-based encryption I put on the executable. And what do I keep telling you about leaving your Legos on the floor?"