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posted by Editor on Wednesday March 20, @02:27PM
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WorldMaker writes "Amongst the topic of Journalling file systems is Microsoft's "new" Object File System. Rumored in 1994, the OFS was a part of the "Cairo" Operating System Microsoft had planned. Its UI was stolen by Windows 95, its Active Directory recycled for Windows 2000, the only thing that hasn't been used yet is the OFS."
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OFS replaces the various FAT systems, and NTFS, with a SQL-derived OS-level database system. Oracle seems to be playing similar games with their own DB. Microsoft, however, may be serious this time. OFS would be a huge boost to their .Net Effort. From a philosophical standpoint, this sounds like a good idea. From a pragmatic standpoint, the same problems that dogged in 1994 seem to crop up. In order to pull OFS off, an entirely new OS, seperate version of Office/Outlook, and possible re-hauls of every other major Windows application in use. It seems to me like almost having to build an entire new PC for it. Microsoft is worried that Longhorn (the next Windows), if it implements OFS, could cause another dichotomy in their OS line after nearly 20 years spent bringing their Consumer and Business OSes into the same OS.
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