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Multi-megabyte data objects in a WinFS store?
gxdata gxd...@gmail.com microsoft public windows developer winfx winfs It seems that WinFS Beta 1 has not included many of the great features of the NTFS file system - hard links, reparse points, alternate / multiple data streams. I assume that you're going to have support for these?

Will WinFS leave Mono.net users in the lurch
WinFS is dead. Its carcass is being split between SQL Server and ADO.NET, and the relational filesystem that was going to change the way we use computers is no longer just postponed to be shipped after Vista, it's gone. [...] The other irony is that in this chapter, Cringely describes how these tactics,

semi-off-topic: The WInFS
Da es nirgendwo einen Hinweis seitens Microsoft gibt, dass WinFS auch für andere Betriebssysteme verfügbar sein wird, wird ObjectSpaces auch _erst_ mit Longhorn ObjectSpaces nur mit WinFS funktioniert. Ich habe lediglich herausgelesen, dass ObjectSpaces Bestandteil von WinFS werden wird, mehr nicht.

Was the Promise of WinFS Just FUD?
I'd expect the WinFS system to be protected under the DMCA in ths USA so no one would dare try and reverse engineer it. Also expect MS to use as much political power as they can muster to protect all things Longhorn in every other country. In short don't hold your breath, the days of dual booting Win and Linux are

Will WinFS leave Mono.net users in the lurch
MS tells BetaNews it is only evaluating the move while also acknowledging WinFS is still years off. "We are currently evaluating making the WinFS storage subsystem available on this platform and will make the decision based on what is best for customers." a Microsoft spokesperson told BetaNews.

Will WinFS finally end dependency on 3-letter filename extension?
This Meta data is only used by WinFS. This Meta data is appended when a file is copied or added to WinFS. This Meta data is modified when a file is copied, moved or deleted within WinFS. This Meta data is removed when a file is transferred to another file system. All this will be invisible to the normal operation

WinFS only for Storage
Apparently, this new filesystem was found intuitive by a testing userbase, and it appears faster than the new WinFS from Microsoft. I forgot the programmer's name though. I think he was German... -- With kind regards, *Aragorn* (Registered Gnu/Linux user #223157)

WinFS ans NTFS
Jack J...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows developer winfx winfs http://blogs.msdn.com/winfs seems like it's dead. Out of all the blogs I've seen this one appears to be updated the least. Nothing new on there since Feb. 24th. "roman modic" wrote: http://blogs.msdn.com/winfs blogs at

WinFS - What Up
What challenge? A FS that is not installed anywhere? Harldy a challenge. It is a challenge, to be sure. Linux versus Vaporware. I'm now wondering what problem WinFS is looking to solve, or if WinFS is simply a solution looking for a problem. -- #191, ewi...@earthlink.net It's still legal to go .sigless.

ObjectSpaces Functionality to be Delivered with Longhorn
Edward ed...@nospamthanks.hotpop.com microsoft public windows developer winfx winfs Andrew Park wrote: I cannot understand synchronization between WinFS and NTFS. for example, I copy mp3 files on NTFS by traditional copy program. in this case, can I use WinFS feature such as content based searching for these mp3

WinFS Dies (And Yet ANOTHER Feature Conceded)
radoslaw tereszczuk tereszc...@it1.pl microsoft public windows developer winfx winfs As I do not have access to MSDN now I have to ask here :O) Already read http://blogs.msdn.com/winfs/ so some questions been answered. But definitely not all. Some of those that persisted are: - do WinFS asset* has to derive from

How Can Linux Compete with WinFS? With its OPath language
The problem is that everytime the WinFS starts up , the service crashes and WinFS doesn't work. I have tried reinstalling it from the Windows Add/Remove Programs Section. However this complains that files are missoing even when the Longhorn CD is in. How do I reinstall the WinFS and make it work on Longhorn.

WinFS vs Windows Desktop Search
The Ghost In The Machine ew...@sirius.tg00suus7038.net comp os linux advocacy According to Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinFS WinFS was a data storage and management system based on relational databases, developed by Microsoft from 2003 to 2006 for use as an advanced storage subsystem for the Microsoft

Microsoft Changes direction on WinFS - with typos ...
usenetNOS...@xs4all.nl microsoft public windows developer winfx winfs David wrote: Another thing I don't get: There is one group at Microsoft that preaches And then comes along WinFS and tells me that applications are going to integrate at the data store level. Hello?!? Aren't all the arguments we have heard

WinFS vs Windows Desktop Search
Poolbeer poolbeer_@_"DontSpamMe@"_oxylogic.net microsoft public windows developer winfx winfs I think we should move to a system-wide WinFS. We could have a binary section (like a bin folder or conventional c-drive) where the applications will be installed which is (semi-)hidden from the user and the WinFS store

Winfs
It was just an afternoons work to do WinFS. So easy in fact that MS could not do it Easily means less work than engineering a new solution. Which didn't happen, they dumped it. Quit pretending that the WinFS project was actually completed. You can wave your hands all you want and claim that WinFS

is winfs really dead? i dont think so
CyberDroog CyberDr...@ClockworkOrange.com alt os linux mandrake Blinky the Shark wrote: I think you only run it on Windows. Here you go, a post from Knode (piece of crap that it is.) And I can hear the response already: "No way, man, you just inserted a custom User-Agent header in Agent..." Well you'd have no way

WinFS release for MSDN Universal: when? Metadata "bulk load"?
man-wai chang toylet.toy...@gmail.com microsoft public fox programmer exchange R. Hollister wrote: http://msdn.microsoft.com/data/WinFS/default.aspx unless VFP revived the DBF structures, the 2G limit is still there... -- .~. Might, Courage, Vision. http://www.linux-sxs.org / v \ /( _ )\ (Ubuntu) Linux 2.6.13

NTFS Custom Properties in WinFS?
Microsoft just put out the news that ObjectSpaces will be merged into WinFS to build a single unified API. Read about it at http://msdn.microsoft.com/data/. Andrew Conrad will be posting more info on his weblog at http://weblogs.asp.net/aconrad. Also, you might want to keep an eye on the stream of comments (if any)

WinFS
No, the WinFS service is not running. The only WinFS-related service that is running is the 'WinFS RsFx Service'. If I try to manually start the WinFS service I get a "The WinFS service on Local Computer started and then stopped" dialog. MarkR In article <BEF40651-FAD7-4D8A-8C77-D95A4B39D...@microsoft.com>,