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Will Longhorn Be Worth The Pain?
News The three pillars of the software giant's next generation Windows OS, due to ship in late 2006, originally comprised Avalon, a new graphics and presentation subsystem, Indigo, a Web services and communications architecture, and WinFS, a new file...
[March 18, 2005, 16:25]
Developers Cautiously Welcome Vista
News As Microsoft is making Indigo, Avalon and WinFS available on Windows XP, some developers may choose to stick with Microsoft's latest operating system rather than migrating. He was also excited by the new file system WinFS, even though this has been...
[September 15, 2005, 12:25]
Longhorn's Range Shrunk For Greater Speed
News Longhorn was originally supposed to have three major changes: a new file system, WinFS; a new graphics and presentation engine known as Avalon; and Indigo, a Web services and communication architecture.
[August 31, 2004, 10:50]
Longhorn Beta To Arrive 'by June'
News The third major component, a reworking of the Windows file system known as WinFS, has been delayed past Longhorn's release and is expected to be in beta testing when Longhorn ships. It is unclear when WinFS will be integrated into Windows itself.
[February 8, 2005, 8:10]
Microsoft Scales Back Longhorn For 2006 Launch
News The company said Longhorn will still include three major advances: a new file system known as WinFS, a new graphics engine dubbed Avalon and a Web Services architecture known as Indigo. As for where the cuts to Longhorn may come, some may be in the...
[April 12, 2004, 10:35]
Novell: Linux Turns Up The Heat On Microsoft
News Longhorn was originally supposed to have three major changes: a new file system, WinFS; a new graphics and presentation engine known as Avalon; and Indigo, a Web services and communication architecture.
[September 14, 2004, 13:40]
Longhorn: End-to-end Search Remains A Dream
News While WinFS has been scaled back, another major feature, code-named Indigo, may arrive sooner than expected, most likely before Longhorn, Muglia said. Muglia said Allchin was referring to WinFS work. The technology, called WinFS, is an add-on the...
[May 14, 2004, 14:50]
Microsoft Seeks To Smooth Longhorn Adoption
News NTFS is only one component of the revamped storage system in WinFS. One of the most significant enhancements to Longhorn is a data storage system called WinFS, technology designed to make information easier to find and view.
[October 15, 2003, 15:55]
Lifting The Lid On Longhorn
News Those richer functions include WinFS, new graphics presentation software code-named Avalon, and new communications technology code-named Indigo. For instance, it originally envisioned a search and storage technology code-named WinFS as part of a...
[November 10, 2003, 10:20]
Gates Explains Longhorn Changes
News We were only doing a pretty modest amount of that under the WinFS that was going to ship in the operating system. But to make that date, it had to delay the full implementation of WinFS, an ambitious file system geared toward letting users search...
[August 31, 2004, 11:05]
Microsoft Plans First Peek At Longhorn For October
News Although based on the current NTFS system, the new WinFS file system represents a new way of categorising information stored to hard drives and media. Using relational database technology developed for the "Yukon" release of SQL Server, WinFS is...
[August 26, 2003, 11:40]
Indigo Community Technology Preview Released
News Under the new plan, Indigo, a new graphics subsystem called Avalon and a new file system called WinFS are being retooled to work with the existing Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 operating systems, in addition to Longhorn.
[March 16, 2005, 17:05]
Next Windows To Turbo Charge Notebooks
News The company has largely focused on three major advances of the OS: an improved graphics engine, dubbed Avalon; a new file system, known as WinFS; and Indigo, an improved Web services-based communications subsystem.
[May 6, 2004, 9:25]
Longhorn Preview Due In April
News The company pulled out the new WinFS file system feature, while changing the Indigo Web services and Avalon graphics engines so that they would work with both Longhorn and Windows XP. In an email to developers on Wednesday, Microsoft said it would...
[February 17, 2005, 8:20]
Longhorn's Needs Set For Revelation
News The operating system features three major upgrades -- a new graphics and presentation engine known as Avalon, a new communications architecture called Indigo and a new file system known as WinFS. Microsoft said it will unveil the hardware...
[February 19, 2004, 7:20]
Longhorn Lowdown: What's Up?
Talkback And of course, what better way to sell you product then to hype it up for 3+ years and let your customers chew on barrages of XP and Server 2003 updates (which, mind you dont really do anything useful) On the other hand, looks like WinFS is...
[November 25, 2004, 11:42]
Q&A: Gates Beefs Up Longhorn Vision
News There are benefits when you get WinFS on the server or Indigo on the server. But you also get to use the great Avalon graphics and the ability to navigate information with WinFS. We've been hearing about the WinFS unified storage idea since back in...
[October 29, 2003, 9:45]
Windows Vista Beta Due
News It has also delayed a new file system, known as WinFS, that had been slated to be part of the OS. The company has changed the way it is implementing a new Web services architecture, known as Indigo, and a new graphics engine, dubbed Avalon.
[July 27, 2005, 9:20]
What's This Vista Thing, Then?
News The company has dropped plans to include its all-new WinFS file system and has also changed the way it's implementing a new Web services architecture, known as Indigo, and a new graphics engine, dubbed Avalon.
[October 20, 2005, 18:45]
Why You Should Care About Vista
News The company has dropped plans to include its all-new WinFS file system. It has also changed the way it's implementing a new web services architecture, known as Indigo, and a new graphics engine, dubbed Avalon.
[November 30, 2006, 7:43]
