Year in Review: Microsoft Agonistes

Okay, with all the megabytes of data on our machines (and online), we need to FIND things more and more often. Google nailed this in a heartbeat -- that's the ENTIRE KEY to their success!

Thus, Longhorn always had as a core component the idea that Search was key. As MS said, WinFS "promises to make information stored on local PCs and corporate networks easier to find."

But now WinFS won't ship until 2009 !!! (See C|Net's Microsoft Year in Review for the details, and more links.

So, why is WinFS stripped from Longhorn? God only knows. Marketing probably. Bastards.