Exclusive: Latest Windows Vista, Longhorn Server, WinFS, SQL Server 2005 Timelines Revealed
White Papers The author has come across the release schedules for Windows Vista (codenamed "Longhorn"), WinFS, and SQL Server 2005 (codenamed "Yukon"). According to internal Microsoft documentation, the software giant is planning an aggressive release schedule...
[December 6, 2006, 0:00]
Microsoft Deletes WinFS From Windows
News In 2003, Microsoft described WinFS as one of the "pillars" of Windows Vista, which is due early next year. Microsoft has decided to initially use technology from its WinFS project in the SQL Server database, rather than Windows.
[June 26, 2006, 16:40]
Microsoft Tests New Windows File System
News The software giant had originally planned to release WinFS - which it said would make for better desktop file searching - as part of the next version of Windows, once called Longhorn but now known as Vista.
[August 30, 2005, 9:10]
Developers Cautiously Welcome Vista
News He was also excited by the new file system WinFS, even though this has been dropped from the initial release of Vista. As Microsoft is making Indigo, Avalon and WinFS available on Windows XP, some developers may choose to stick with Microsoft's...
[September 15, 2005, 12:25]
Bill Gates Talks Vista And Linux
News One project you have long championed is the idea of WinFS, an all-new file system for Windows. There are some things I'm closely associated with, like tablet [PCs] and WinFS, that people will expect me to shepherd.
[November 20, 2006, 12:48]
Vista Still Doing Better Than Expected
Talkback Vista doesn't have all the features I hoped for like WinFS but I think a drastic change in the file system like that would be too confusing for users to make the transition. Vista is a nice stepping stone to get used to tagging, stacking, search...
[March 27, 2007, 12:12]
Avoid Big Bang Vista Upgrades - Gartner
News But if you're on XP, then you can take it much more leisurely; you can wait till Vista ships and then migrate through hardware attrition or through a big bang upgrade or even wait for point release in mid-2008 which should have WinFS.
[June 21, 2006, 16:40]
Vista's Successor Rechristened Vienna
News However, there are several features that were pulled out of Vista that could conceivably become part of Vienna, most notably a new file storing mechanism known as WinFS. Although Microsoft is hard at work trying to ship Windows Vista this year, the...
[January 23, 2006, 8:20]
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. Windows Vista took longer to arrive than hoped, and it might not have everything that was once planned, but Windows chief Jim Allchin maintains "It's a big deal".
[November 30, 2006, 7:43]
Gates Reassures Businesses
News When does it get to a point where it's just too hard to add new features, such as a new file system like WinFS, into Windows? It's not the database-driven file system (WinFS) that we had in mind initially, but you get extremely high percentages of...
[March 29, 2006, 14:55]
Vista Stumbles Through One-year Milestone
News Some critics argue that Vista was hamstrung before it even hit the streets, after Microsoft decided to pull some of its most innovative features, such as the beefed-up filing system known as "WinFS", to get the product out the door.
[November 30, 2007, 11:37]
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 Beta 1 version of Windows Vista isn't expected to have the look and feel of the final operating system.
[July 27, 2005, 9:20]
A Quick Guide To Windows Vista's New File System review
Reviews But falling well short of Microsoft's more ambitious plans for a whole new file system (the new WinFS file system is expected to be a feature of the Longhorn server release, which is due by early 2008), Windows Vista performs best as a...
[January 3, 2007, 9:35]
Good Reply
Talkback Tho sadly the WinFS was the one features I was most looking forward too. With pricing structures for Vista being based on the different versions, this can be very confusing for a standard home user who will generally take what they are given or...
[March 27, 2007, 13:01]
The Hard Lessons Of Vista
News With Vista, Microsoft originally hoped to make major changes to the underlying code, adding in a new file storage mechanism called WinFS, along with all-new graphics and communications methods. It eventually had to pull out WinFS entirely and scale...
[March 23, 2006, 13:10]
Windows Vista Beta 1: Screenshot Gallery review
Reviews Although Windows Vista won't include the much-touted Windows File Structure (WinFS), it will still allow you to think outside the box. Microsoft has released Windows Vista Beta 1 to a select group of testers.
[August 19, 2005, 10:05]
Today's Vista Launch Is Just The Beginning
News Microsoft's attempts to improve search in Vista took a knock when it was forced to pull its new file system, WinFS, from the operating system. Within 12 months of the consumer launch of Windows Vista we would anticipate 12 percent — 15 percent...
[November 30, 2006, 10:01]
File Under Ground
Leader WinFS is no more. Ten years of promise have been wrapped up with various bits hived off to existing projects — but WinFS as a concept has gone. Unlike WinFS. And then there's the manner of WinFS's passing.
[June 27, 2006, 16:55]
Windows Server 2003 R2 Is Nearing Completion
Talkback Not to mention WinFS, DRM, serious SQL redesigns, SharePoint pushes, ISA pushes and what not that'll come in and far between. Also knowing that R2 is just an interim since Vista (Longhorn) version 1 will follow and right after that a whole range of...
[September 1, 2005, 22:36]
