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WinFS Beta 1 Released Early

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the how-early-is-too-early dept.

Mouldy Punk writes "Infoworld is reporting that WinFS Beta 1 has been released. The new relational file system for Windows is posted on MSDN Subscriber Downloads. This release is designed to offer developers a preview of WinFS capabilities. WinFS will be in beta when Windows Vista ships and will RTM afterwords. WinFS, when it ships, will be available for download for Windows Vista and possible support for Windows XP is being considered. The distribution mechanism for WinFS will be through an add-on download much like the .NET framework is today. Tom Rizzo also notes that there is a new blog dedicated to Win FS."

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  1. Ok but .... by matth · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    .. what about fragmentation? We're now going through what? 6 to 7 different Windows versions and we still can't fix the basic problem of file fragmentation? Good grief.