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Useless file system? Aw... come on....!

bedswerver 16th Jun 2009

I've been Microsoft through-and-through, with certificates for many Microsoft qualifications for many years (Windows 2.0 anyone..?) and Bill, Steve and Ray have and are responsible for giving me an opportunity to earn an income.
However... WinFS - where'd it go? Still vapourware? Binned and forgotten?
Linux is where the true pioneering spirit is kicking in. I see development going on with the kernel and the adoption of potential FS from the mundane to the cutting edge and I can't help feeling a little envious. POHMELFS itself sounds extremely promising and Linux will offer that "out of the box" - not mandated to run one FS like NTFS and supporting other file systems as and when they are deemed useful.
Windows fanboys - I know that W7 and W2k8R2 are going to offer all kinds of wonderful tools, but a little respect for the "opposition" might hold us in good stead and we may find that as time goes on our Windows installations might offer us the same degree of choice we can see in the Linux camp...