Monday, February 11, 2002

[John Robb's Radio Weblog] eWeek.  Longhorn (Microsoft's next release of the O/S) is expected to include a SQL database driven file system (a pared down version of Yukon). >>>"There is an effort ... to include storage technology that will allow for some manipulation and querying for structured and unstructured data across our products," Ressler said. "We're certainly not putting SQL Server into the operating system. Yukon is not going into Windows or any other product in that sense." But the storage technology in question allows "queries both with relational syntax and through XML-type syntax," Ressler said. "There's source technology under development by teams across the company." Microsoft has told customers and partners that the inclusion of the SQL file system could push out the release cycle for the next two versions of Windows by a year or so, with Longhorn now likely to debut in 2004 and Blackcomb in late 2005 or early 2006. <<<  Note:  It is my understanding that Longhorn will also include the .Net client run-time. [rosewater] 2:25:00 PM

Google aims search device at companies. The privately held company is launching a new device that will allow corporations to use its search technology to scan their own networks. [CNET News.com] 2:21:05 PM

Snoop Software Shreds Reality. Yale professor David Gelertner has developed software that gives bigwigs easy access to all their company documents. Will it help to prevent nefarious activities, or just assist in covering the tracks? By Noah Shachtman. [Wired News] 6:09:41 AM

[SJL's Radio Weblog] ArsDigita Eve Andersson, one of the co-founders of ArsDigita, writes about the company's failure.  Interesting story, probably overdone, about the hazards of working with VCs. [rosewater] 5:45:27 AM

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