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Reminds me of WinFS, the Windows filesystem built on top of a relational database [0] that was supposed to ship with Longhorn (aka Windows Vista). Neat idea tha
by romanhn 3y ago
Reminds me of WinFS, the Windows filesystem built on top of a relational database [0] that was supposed to ship with Longhorn (aka Windows Vista). Neat idea that never materialized.
[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinFS https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinFS
- xyheme 3y agoIsn't WinFS the reverse of "file system as database"? Which is "database as file system".
- jqpabc123 3y agoMS NTFS has always used B+trees to index files. A full relational database for a file system is another example of the DB overkill that is common in the industry. Teach people to use a hammer and every problem becomes a nail. Apparently, more rational heads at MS eventually prevailed.