A post made to Microsoft’s blog, IT BlogWatch, indicates the company is quietly abandoning WinFS, its once-heralded search and data management technology for Vista. It is not a stretch to say the blog posting was more an exercise in public relations spin than an informative read. “As most people who read this blog know, WinFS has always been about many things — a new model to enrich how users manage information, rich storage technology, and sometimes also a packaging of technology,” the blog author, Quentin Clark wrote.
Microsoft Dumping WinFS, Suggests Blog Post
Posted by: Erika Morphy June 27, 2006 03:23 PMA post made to Microsoft’s blog, IT BlogWatch, indicates the company is quietly abandoning WinFS, its once-heralded search and data management technology for Vista. It is not a stretch to say the blog posting was more an exercise in public relations spin than an informative read. “As most people who read this blog know, WinFS has always been about many things — a new model to enrich how users manage information, rich storage technology, and sometimes also a packaging of technology,” the blog author, Quentin Clark wrote.