Comments on: Tech Ed reflections http://www.itwriting.com/blog/394-tech-ed-reflections.html Tech writing blog Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:28:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Clyde Davies http://www.itwriting.com/blog/394-tech-ed-reflections.html/comment-page-1#comment-44172 Clyde Davies Sat, 10 Nov 2007 09:54:38 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/?p=394#comment-44172 You draw the parallels between WinFS and SQL Server 2008, which causes me to wonder (cynically again) if the real reason that WinFS was pulled was because Microsoft realised they could make more money in the long run by selling it as part of a standalone product. Even if technical issues were at the foremost, I'd be very suprised if these considerations didn't play a small part in the reckoning. You draw the parallels between WinFS and SQL Server 2008, which causes me to wonder (cynically again) if the real reason that WinFS was pulled was because Microsoft realised they could make more money in the long run by selling it as part of a standalone product.

Even if technical issues were at the foremost, I’d be very suprised if these considerations didn’t play a small part in the reckoning.

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