Re: [ros-dev] WinFS is dead, like Cairo

[Reuben Perelman]

Just because Microsoft is not doing it, doesn't mean that we can't.

Klemens Friedl wrote:
>   WinFS is (more or less) dead, it has been announced on
> their official 
web blog:
>  
> http://blogs.msdn.com/winfs/archive/2006/06/23/644706.aspx
>
>  Some useful parts go to SQL Server development branch.
>  Reminds me of Cairo (early 90-ties), MSFT never achived that task.
>  Only some parts were integrated as ActiveDirectory in Win2k and
>  improved OLE in Win 9x/NT.
>
>  The Vista search seems to be very same technology as it has been
>  shipped with WinNT 5.0+ (but deactivated by default). Just a new
>  frontend has been added which looks more confusing than the WinXP
>  variant.
>
>  The channel9 videos featuring WinFS looks promising, although I heard
>  (from beta1 testers) the technology was not .
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