Windows 8 in the progress?
Windows 7 might still not be officially complete. And Microsoft is laying people off. But the company’s already gearing up to launch its next operating system: Windows 8.
Early job postings indicate at least one focus for Windows 8 will be systems and data management.
The company has advertised for developers and testers to deliver “major improvements” in Windows’ File Server.
Indications are Microsoft’s looking to make management of files easier across wide area networks and the internet and to make WinFS capable of scaling to more machines than you get with Windows Server 2008 R2 and even with the as-yet unfinished Windows 7.
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