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WinFS' Demise Not a Bang Or a Whimper
Shadowruni writes "The Seattle-PI confirms with Mircosoft what MS bloggers and pundits have been saying all along. WinFS simply isn't going to happen. Some of its features have been 'merged' with other projects." From the article: "WinFS was dropped from Vista in what company executives described at the time as a trade-off to get the operating system completed in a timely manner. The release of Vista has since been delayed again and is now scheduled for November for large customers and January 2007 for the general public, though some observers say it may be out even later." Final confirmation of a story from last month.
How about a Poot?
It's not offtopic, dumbass. It's orthogonal.
That's when Crocop is laying unconscious under Fedor's massive fists ....
Put identity in the browser.
Another chair bites the dust.
So I suppose the purpose of having a road map is so that we can see where we didn't go.
Xix.
"Everything is adjustable, provided you have the right tools"
From the article:
Thomas said it's too early to discuss whether WinFS would make an appearance in future versions of Windows.
And how often have we heard rumours of WinFS appearing in the next Windows OS?
Filesystems are for posers. Just write one big tar file to /dev/hda.
Linux announces LinFS to be released before Windows Vista. When asked why, Linus Torvalds responds "Just to prove that we can".
At some point, the combinatorily explosion even might give the code sentinence...
Well, Windows certainly has a mind of it's own at times, especially when infected with malware! Not quite sentient though... heh
My dog resents that comparison, you insensitive clod!
Il n'y a pas de Planet B.
"WinFS was dropped from Vista in what company executives described at the time as a trade-off to get the operating system completed in a timely manner."
Oops... Too late for that don't you think?!
The race isn't always to the swift... but that's the way to bet!
I did,but sometimes you get what you ask for. Ever tried using gold toiliet paper before? How about a golden shower?
What's VISTA an acronym for?
I thought everybody knew this by now.
Viruses, Infections, Spyware, Trojans and Adware.
I'll probably be modded down for this...
As you might expect, Microsoft's marketing people came up with a number of alternative ways to acronymize VISTA before settling on Viruses, Infections, Spyware, Trojans and Adware:
Vastly Inferior System Tries Again
Viral Incubator Supporting Trojan Attacks
Vandals In Suits Take All
Vermin Infest Systems Throughout America
Virtual Interface Slows TCP/IP Access
Video Is Sluggish Though Awesome
The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.