Not Coming to a Windows Operating System Soon (or at all): WinFS

The highly touted file system that was supposed to be a breakthrough in organizing data on a hard drive has been quietly withdrawn from general Windows use as a future product.  Microsoft is folding features into SQL Server and other products.  Bill Gates has called the development of WinFS the "holy grail" of OS features. 

Rather than go on about it here, read the excellent stories in ComputerWorld, Redmond Insider, Information Week, and ZDNet.