To be fair, WinFS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinFS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinFS) had some really exciting ideas in it. I distinctly remember being a s

To be fair, WinFS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinFS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinFS) had some really exciting ideas in it. I distinctly remember being a sophomore in college, looking forward to "Longhorn" because of things like WinFS, but having trepidation about it because of things like Palladium. Of course, that was a good six years ago. They ended up gutting both of those features out of Vista to get the OS out the door and even then it was years late. But I digress. :)