Re: Microsoft Cans WinFS Filesystem Permanently
- From: ZnU <znu@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 02:22:58 -0400
In article <qla0a2952ists1b1kjda5es1kduqqqs0l5@xxxxxxx>,
Mayor of R'lyeh <mayor.of.rlyeh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 11:05:45 -0400, ZnU <znu@xxxxxxxxxxxx> chose to
bless us with the following wisdom:
In article <ilPng.2405$pu3.59659@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Nashton <nananan@xxxxx> wrote:
ZnU wrote:
In article <aeds92ts804hohtbdp696ttpibksla019i@xxxxxxx>,
Mayor of R'lyeh <mayor.of.rlyeh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 22:51:31 -0700, "John" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> chose
to bless us with the following wisdom:
According to Betanews Microsoft has cancelled further development ofOnce again we John's honesty level has to look up to see Snit's.
the
WinFS filesytem. Microsoft appears incapable of designing anything
new.
They even have problems copying from others. It must be an easy job
working
for Microsoft. Thousands working on Windows and so little output
produced.
"Clark says there has been a shift in "packaging strategy," and
Microsoft's recent push to establish SQL Server as a data platform
played a major role deciding the future of WinFS. The work done on the
new file system will now ship as part of other Microsoft development
products."
So they killed it because they thought it would draw sales away from
another product. But of course John couldn't say that. That would be
being honest. John simply can't do that.
Unlike John, I will provide the link for the article.
http://www.betanews.com/article/Microsoft_Axes_WinFS_Cancels_Beta_2/1151
208
143
You're buying the Microsoft spin hook, line, and sinker.
WinFS was going to be a fundamental technology that was supposed to
substantially change the way the Windows operating system worked for
everyone from regular consumers up through large enterprise customers,
by replacing (or at least supplementing) the hierarchical file system
with a database-like file system.
Now some of the technology is being integrated into Microsoft's database
server app, where a few enterprise developers might eventually build
something on top of it, but where it's unlikely to ever make much of a
difference to a substantial number of end-users.
This is not a shift in "packaging strategy". Or, rather, it is, but it's
one brought about by necessity, because Microsoft has realized it can't
overcome the hurtles of actually moving Windows to a DB-like file
system.
Can you say Copland and/or Rhapsody?
Copland, yes, though this has little relevance today, as Apple's
management is almost completely different. And Apple was smart enough to
go back to the drawing board before things dragged on for 11 years....
Rhapsody isn't quite the same thing; Apple shipped Rhapsody, as OS X
Server 1.0. This demonstrates the company had the technical capability
to deliver the product; they merely repositioned it in response to
customer demand.
Could there be a clearer demonstration of your bias? If Microsoft
changes plans its due to incompetence. If Apple does the exact same
thing its because management is different or that they were smart.
I'm surprised, Mayor. You usually have better reading comprehension
skills than some of our other Apple-bashers.
Shipping a product demonstrates you had the ability to ship it. This is
rather self-evident, and it true regardless of what market you
eventually sell the product to. Not shipping a product -- repeatedly
failing to ship a product, after promising to ship it for years -- tends
to indicate a lack of ability to ship it. Even if parts of that product
are eventually incorporated into other products. This latter scenario is
basically the situation with WinFS, and until NeXT essentially took over
the company from within, was also the situation with Apple's
next-generation operating system. (Copland wasn't Apple's first attempt;
like WinFS, Apple's next-generation operating system went though several
incarnations with different names.)
Maybe the recent Microsoft management shakeups will put Microsoft on the
right track, finally, the way Apple's management shakeups eventually
did. The shakeups aren't as extensive, however, and Microsoft is a
bigger company, so there will probably be more inertia to work against.
We'll see.
--
"Those who enter the country illegally violate the law."
-- George W. Bush in Tucson, Ariz., Nov. 28, 2005
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