For LONGHORN they promised a fair few things and with what was shipped as Vista FEW things were missing and we also received a BOATLOAD of things that was never originally intended.
WinFS is 'more or less' present in many MS products (SQL Server 2008, etc) and many of the things they wanted to achieve with it they managed to with Vista albeit without the overdone, flashy animations.
But than again, most people on here probably think WinFS is a new FS./rolls eyes
Why will it probably become vaporware?
- We've already seen it working ~ 2-3 years before it will be released.
- It uses work from the Surface team of which is a real product already being used by customers (AT&T, etc).
- MS has been working on touch interfaces for a long time and has had products like Win XP Tabled Edition out for over 3 y ears.
And so on..
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For LONGHORN they promised a fair few things and with what was shipped as Vista FEW things were missing and we also received a BOATLOAD of things that was never originally intended. WinFS is 'more or less' present in many MS products (SQL Server 2008, etc) and many of the things they wanted to achieve with it they managed to with Vista albeit without the overdone, flashy animations. But than again, most people on here probably think WinFS is a new FS. /rolls eyes
Why will it probably become vaporware? - We've already seen it working ~ 2-3 years before it will be released. - It uses work from the Surface team of which is a real product already being used by customers (AT&T, etc). - MS has been working on touch interfaces for a long time and has had products like Win XP Tabled Edition out for over 3 y ears. And so on..