Chris Garty's Weblog : WinFS

Bob Muglia on WinFS: Just after Longhorn, or not until Blackcomb?

chrisgarty — Mon, 13 Dec 2004 21:57:00 GMT

On Friday, I read coverage on News.com about an interview with Bob Muglia. In it he talks publicly about some of the options they are looking at for the WinFS file system timeline.

This morning, ARSTechnica and TechSpot had coverage of the same announcement that is a little more WinFS focused. And TechSpot had an interesting quote:

"Microsoft spokesman said that the company is trying to pull something unique with WinFS, something no one has ever done before, meaning we should be thinking of WinFS as a 2010 project, when the version of Windows beyond Longhorn, code-named Blackcomb, is slated to ship."

It is interesting to see how three different news organisations can provide similar coverage but each with a slightly different viewpoint.

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MBF: Will we see you before 2007?

chrisgarty — Thu, 07 Oct 2004 01:31:00 GMT

A recent article from eWeek has quoted Microsoft Developer Division Executive Soma Somasegar about timelines related to Longhorn. MBF got a mention as well:

Somasegar also acknowledged that the MBF (Microsoft Business Framework), which is tied to WinFS functionality, will likely be delayed until 2007 but that Microsoft is looking to speed its delivery.

"We're also starting to look at whether there is a way to accelerate the delivery of MBF, and the teams are working through plans," he said. "If we continue with the dependency on WinFS, it'll be in 2007, whenever WinFS ships."

MBF's visibility has been increasing lately and so it should be... the release of MBF will be a huge event for business application developers. I hope I'll be able to blog a little about the features of MBF in the near future.

On a more personal note: I start in Fargo on the 18th of October! :)

MBF and WinFS: A view of the world I am entering

chrisgarty — Wed, 22 Sep 2004 21:43:00 GMT

Tim Brookins is an Architect on the MBF team (and he is based in Fargo). When I got impatient waiting for a reply about the position in the MBF team, an email to Tim was the thing that sparked it all off ;).

I just read a post from Tim (two days old) that explains the tie between MBF and WinFS and answers a few questions people might have about the scope of the MBF effort.

I'm sure after reading that, you can understand why I'm really excited about getting over there and getting into it!

Longhorn: We have a date!

chrisgarty — Mon, 30 Aug 2004 23:16:00 GMT

In case you haven't seen it yet, we have a date for Longhorn! News.com's coverage even includes an interview with Bill Gates.

As expected, the company on Friday announced a new road map for Longhorn, its revision to Windows XP. The changes--removing some features and altering others--are designed to let the company have a test version of the software next year and a final release for desktops and notebooks by 2006. A server release is planned for 2007.

As part of the announcement, WinFS got moved to a separate deliverable to ensure it doesn't slow the whole release and Avalon has joined Indigo as a component that will be made available for Windows XP as well. WinFS being moved out of Longhorn will likely affect other WinFS dependent technologies such as MBF, but I'm sure we'll hear more about that later.

The release of the Longhorn wave of technologies will have a big effect on the way that developers build applications. Bill Gates has touted Longhorn as 'the most significant Windows release since Windows 95'.

In other news... Jim Allchin has said that Longhorn's new nickname is 'derogatory'. I hadn't heard it before, so I thought it was funny that the first time I saw a mention of it was when someone was saying "don't say that". The new nickname? Shorthorn. Brilliant ;)