Newsflash: Microsoft Ships First Post-Beta 2 Build of Vista

Indexing in ANY OS File System is a HUGE mistake. The so called solutions architects who forced developers into coding it, lacked massive vision! To allow user metadata into an indexed file system is even worse.

ALL features of indexing are turned OFF on all the networks I handle, for reasons of perfomance. There is plenty of throughput occuring on a network, without adding garbage indexes to the fray. If you really need to find something, there are much more performing ways to obtain the data you need. Indexing is no solution.

"The Microsoft fanbois are in total denial! This is HILARIOUS!"

Actually, it is the opposite way around.

"No, it won't replace the current file system. It will not be released as a separate technology"

Read this: "WinFS hasn't died at all, but is actually being rolled into SQL Server and a new project that's under development."

You can read this here:

(http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2006/06/25/has-microsoft-changed-winfs-post-getting-questioned-internally/)

"No, it won't replace the current file system. It will not be released as a separate technology and will instead be in SQL Server."

It will not be named WinFS, but MS will release another filesystem sometime in the future. WinFS had major performance issues, so maybe MS realized that the current method they were using was not going to acheive the performance they were looking for.


"You guys got gypped by the lying Microsoft hype machine again."

Apple never does this. They always tell the truth about everything. Right, bonch?

I just installed the latest build of Vista and I have to agree with Paul's review - this is what Vista Beta 2 should have been. The amazing thing about these later builds is that everything seems to "just work." Drivers automatically install from Windows Update, configuring networks require 1 step, within 5 seconds of logging in, the system is done booting, performance is excellent, and the UAP has been drastically improved.

"Validate this oppinion then with a little expertise."

I have used the Mac OS back to System 7.0, and although I do not currently own a Mac, I regularily converse with Mac users and even fix problems with OS 10 on other users' computers (Mainly networking issues between Mac and Windows). I have played around with various flavors of Linux. I have the latest builds of Vista installed on my desktop and on my laptop. I have used Windows starting with Windows 3.1.

Regarding security with Vista, we will see what happens when it is released, but I will be very surprised if many viruses are written for Vista within the first year.

"at least it's better than 'Windows Live Mail Desktop Beta'"


Ha, don't even get me started on the "Windows Live" idiocy. It boggles my mind that some moron got PAID to come up with that brand name.