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Because the file system was supposed to be so radically different. They were hoping to move to a object-based/database approach rather than a file/folder approach. In theory no more C:\directory 1\directory2\etc. Strange at first, but once you see what it can do, it really does make sense.

Because the new file system was supposed to be so different, it would have rendered the existing Windows API which deals with reading and writing to files virtually worthless. They would still be around to talk with other file systems (NTFS, FAT, etc?. sidenote NTFS is based off of HPFS) but WinFS would have required a completely new set of API to work. Since the old APIs would be unable to write to WinFS it would in essence break any applications that used them. Any application that used the old API would have to be modified. For a while they were predicting two versions of every application - one for WinFS, one without.
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he, he, he  dg mh | 08/29/05
We'll see,,,  dprahn | 08/29/05
:\  nucrash | 08/29/05
Bwahahahahhaha!!! Yeah damnit!!!  Jeff Spicoli | 08/29/05
Re: We'll see  Otto_Delete | 08/29/05
Reiser4 will already outperform WinFS (wt)  Anti_Zealot | 08/29/05
Nothing wishful about it..  fmcgowan | 08/29/05
Started deploying it....  Mike Cox | 08/29/05
What a joke.  OldMarine | 08/29/05
Ok thats a 7  DemonX | 08/29/05
Mike Cox's Rep - R.I.P.  itanalyst | 08/29/05
that was beautiful...  wimbo_z | 08/29/05
Solid 8.5!  An_Axe_to_Grind | 08/29/05
Mike I question your judgement here  duclod | 08/29/05
Always fun to read about newbies  gagnon_pascal@... | 08/29/05
Fished in!!!! (NT)  James T. Kirk | 08/30/05
That's it....  theace18 | 08/29/05
8.0  in-DUH-vidual | 08/29/05
Mike - You're a Master of Satire...  IT Makes Sense | 08/30/05
re: Started deploying it....  justmeinok@... | 08/30/05
Now a MCSE for Mike!  gagnon_pascal@... | 08/30/05
WinFS (Real Soon Now)  Techscan | 08/29/05
And It will come with DRM integrated. (NT)  hal9000mx | 08/29/05
Man I sure hope so.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/30/05
Is it a filesystem?  Yagotta B. Kidding | 08/29/05
Nope  Yensi717 | 08/29/05
Everything you've said is true, but  fmcgowan | 08/29/05
Because...  Yensi717 | 08/30/05
OK; that covers part of it.  fmcgowan | 08/30/05
Where do you draw the line tic?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/29/05
Not lines, cylinders  Yagotta B. Kidding | 08/30/05
Bu tyou didn't answer the question...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/30/05
Lines . . .  CobraA1 | 08/30/05
So, why not use Google Desktop?  jim_oflaherty | 08/30/05
That is of course a possiblity.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/30/05
This one is about API  FADS_z | 08/30/05
How can anyone say what WinFS provides?  fmcgowan | 08/30/05
Anyone still uses 20 year old software?  FADS_z | 08/31/05
Unless you are the MS product manager  fmcgowan | 08/31/05
Foolishness  Anti_Zealot | 08/31/05
Do I need any file system?  FirstNLastN | 08/29/05
I bet by tomorrow there will be a virus for the beta!  An_Axe_to_Grind | 08/29/05
Shooting themselves in the foot...  Yensi717 | 08/29/05
Not really, it may work in their favor.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/29/05
layering on top of the existing junk  Jeff Spicoli | 08/29/05
Well, that is the opinion of a tiny minority  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/29/05
I am curious.  fmcgowan | 08/30/05
An answer for you.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/31/05
It was an attempt to answer, anyway. (NT)  fmcgowan | 08/31/05
WinFS - WINdowsFables&Stories  The Rifleman | 08/29/05
sick of lies  Linux Geek | 08/29/05
You lose  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/29/05
No, that's a BETA.  Zogg | 08/30/05
Second loser.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/30/05
People are seeing a BETA.  Zogg | 08/30/05
Fact is, someone has indeed seen it.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/31/05
Writing code?  mds_z | 08/31/05
Microsoft, R.I.P.  Jeff Spicoli | 08/29/05
Gawd Jeff, get over yourself  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/29/05
Poor Jeff....  Scrat | 08/30/05
Sad isn't it?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/30/05
I do often wonder...  rapson | 08/30/05
We can only hope...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/30/05
The problem is...  rapson | 08/30/05
Wait until Linus T. Dies, you'll see martyrs all day long.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/30/05
Too bad...  Wolfie2K3 | 08/30/05
No, it won't  CobraA1 | 08/30/05
Searching?  CobraA1 | 08/30/05
Windows Sucks.  directx | 08/30/05
Not as badly as your posting.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/30/05
Do we really need another file system?  IT Makes Sense | 08/30/05
You must first define "we".  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/30/05
WinFS is not a file system but yes, geeks do need this  marksashton | 08/30/05
Perhaps I didn't make my point clearly...  IT Makes Sense | 08/30/05
Becaue the existing systems are not working!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/30/05
Joe Average should not be exposed to the file system...  IT Makes Sense | 08/30/05
Thank you for agreeing!!!!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/30/05
Uh....  Wolfie2K3 | 08/30/05
Yup, you got it in one.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/30/05
He isn't *really* even now.  fmcgowan | 08/31/05
OK; I hit a wrong key...  fmcgowan | 08/31/05
As usual, clulessness abounds on ZDNET Talkback  marksashton | 08/30/05
cluelessness  pigeonhead52 | 08/30/05
One question  CobraA1 | 08/30/05
Not sure how this will work, maybe .....  hipparchus2000 | 08/31/05
To: Linux Geek, No_Ax_to_Grind, Zog, and mds  The Rifleman | 08/31/05

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