<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So it seems they are using SQL Server as some sort of massive storage, which
> utilises metadata attached to each 'file'/Record to perform searches, as well as
> for inserting, deleting,updating. I'm wondering though how slow the OS will be
> with legacy applications (oh gods...everything we run now will be a 'legacy'
> app) since there would have to be an abstraction layer in between to translate
> old file system calls to the new WINFS format.
> This just...seems...like...'BLOAT'....^_^
>
> -Gel
Using SQL Server as the foundation for the new filesystem has been
known for years. IIRC, what they're going to actually implement is
significantly scaled down from what they originally wanted to do.
-Kevin
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