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    What ever happened to the WinFS file system?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Ice Cold, Jan 13, 2009.

  1. Ice Cold

    Ice Cold Notebook Deity

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    Was this feature scrapped, because it was supposed to ship with Vista but got taken out by delays. WinFS was supposed to be a great file sytem better and faster than NTFS. Its been a while since Vista shipped will it be part of SP2 on Vista or since Microsoft has given up on Vista will it be part of Windows 7?
     
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  2. Shyster1

    Shyster1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Apparently, it's still poking along at Microsoft, but with no plans on releasing it anytime soon, at least according to this Wikipedia article.
     
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  3. gerryf19

    gerryf19 I am the walrus

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    You can actually download it as a beta from technet, but it seems to have morphed into an overlay technology as opposed to a true file system
     
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    atbnet Notebook Prophet

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    It seems like it is shelved until another day. I was hoping to see it in Win 7, but I guess that won't be happening.
     
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  5. swarmer

    swarmer beep beep

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    WinFS as a technology was dropped or put on hold... but most of the main end-user features it was going to offer are available in Vista, through file tagging, metadata browsing/editing and Windows Search.

    http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=516
     
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    sharp65 Notebook Consultant

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    Read this, it will help clear up your misconceptions.
     
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