Gates Q&A appears to leave WinFS fate open
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In a Q&A session this month, Microsoft's chairman and chief software architect talked briefly about the next version of Windows, code-named "Longhorn," and seemed to be describing the WinFS technologies that are supposed to have been cut.
Talking about the future of technology during a session at the University of California Berkeley, Bill Gates took this question from an audience member: "I'm just wondering what does Microsoft have to offer for the future of Windows and for advanced users who like right now are migrating out to open source systems?"