Today I remembered WinFS, that infamous Microsoft technology that was supposed to make its debut in Vista but was ultimately dropped. It occurred to me that Windows 7 is currently on the fast track to get released sometime next year, yet I have not heard anything about WinFS being included in its feature set.

After a few minutes on Google, I found this enlightening article explaning why WinFS was dropped, and why it might not be as great as I thought it was (and Microsoft suggested it would be).

It’s worth a read. So read it.