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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. bleh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    1) Offer nothing new in Vista
    2) Release an add-on with "BETA" in the title
    3) ???
    4) Profit!

    1. Re:bleh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      1) Offer nothing new in Linux
      2) ???
      3) Fag!

  2. drmFS? by nurb432 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Isnt that a bit more accurate?

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  3. Re:I wanna know by datadriven · · Score: -1, Troll

    Other than this misfortune of having to use Windows, what does WinFS offer that ReiserFS does not?

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  4. Too complicated....... by nominruil · · Score: -1, Troll

    Why even released it at alL? 99% of those idiot windows users don't even know what the heck a partition is..... How can you expect them to reformat the drive to WinFS and re-install Windows on top of it all??? Unless you can convert NTFS into WinFS, theres no hope for most users, but of course... theres always geeksquad.

  5. Re:Give it a rest, OK? by iamnotacrook · · Score: -1, Troll

    MS have never actively tried to lock out samba users. They just haven't assisted them, which is their right.

  6. Re:Is this really a file system? by MBraynard · · Score: 0, Troll
    Thanks for saving us the trouble of having to read your entire post to know that you are a fat nerd virgin living in your parents basement. ("^H^H^H")

    That said, there really is no reason for anyone to know where their files are. Even if they saw the whole filepath, that doesn't mean they know 'where' the file is - as in, exactly where on the platters it is.

    And btw - there is no Windows 2K3 - XP is the latest edition.

  7. Re:Is Linux Trailing? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Oh just shut the hell up, you karma whoring longhaired smelly hippie freak.