MSFT Filesystem Support (Was 'Re: question?')

[H. Streit]

I'm a lurker on the list, so I'll give this a shot:
Short Answer: No.
Long Answer:  Assuming that you want Microsoft(R) Windows(R) WinFS(TM) 
support in Fedora/RedHat, No.  You might recall the big hoop-la that 
RedHat started when they removed NTFS support from their distro 
way-back-when.  They grumbled something about "Possible Legal Action 
from the largest software company on the globe".  However, watch the
Captive project, they might come up with something...

- Project Homepage
     http://www.jankratochvil.net/project/captive/
- Project Mailing List Archive
     http://www.jankratochvil.net/pipermail/captive-list/


Dan Ladd wrote:
> Yeah this is the only email address i could find because I had a
> question about the fedora project.  I didn't konw where to direct it. 
> So here goes... I was wondering about the WinFS file management
> system.   If something like that (meaning the built in database
> system) was going to be included in fedora or other RedHat operating
> systems or if something like is already in an operating system with
> RedHat?  It seems like it is old technology because the AS/400 or now
> the iSeries has the built in database system to locate physical files
> that are stored in logical files.   If you could direct me to where i
> can have that answered that would be awesome.
>