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• WinFS back-burnering could spell death sentence for next-gen file system
  Monday 26 June 2006 – 11:50
  It was supposed to have been the "holy grail" of the next generation Windows operating system - at least, that's how Bill Gates introduced it in 2003. Now, with the thunder mostly subsided and interest in an object-oriented, relational file system waning in the wake of Google Desktop, Microsoft's WinFS has been demoted, likely for the last time.
• Microsoft strips Longhorn of WinFS
  Wednesday 1 September 2004 – 05:11
  Microsoft reportedly intends to ship Longhorn, its next version of Windows operating system, without WinFS, the next-generation file system.
• Microsoft considering WinFS support in Windows XP
  Wednesday 16 March 2005 – 05:24
  Windows XP may be updated to support a new file system technology that Microsoft Corp.
• Microsoft makes WinFS Beta 1 bits available
  Tuesday 30 August 2005 – 02:44
  The WinFS rumors were true: Microsoft has posted for download by its Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) subscribers a first beta of its next-generation WinFS file system.
• Microsoft unexpectedly releases WinFS into Beta 1 cycle
  Tuesday 30 August 2005 – 10:40
  Putting an end to speculation that Microsoft had indefinitely postponed, or even cancelled, the proposed contextual file system that chairman Bill Gates introduced in October 2003, the company this morning released Beta 1 of WinFS. The technology is available to subscribers of the company's exclusive development program.

• WinFS: Microsoft's Data Management Vision*
  Thursday 29 January 2004 – 06:00
  Microsoft is revamping its NTFS data system. Microsoft's new system, WinFS, is designed to simplify and speed up management of very large data volumes. But does it deliver?
• The WinFS File System For Windows Longhorn: Faster & Smarter*
  Tuesday 17 June 2003 – 07:00
  Microsoft is breaking new ground with Longhorn, successor to XP. The upcoming WinFS file system will be the first to be context-dependent, and promises to make long search times and wasted memory a thing of the past. Today, THG compares it to FAT and NTFS.