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By cutting the Windows File System (WinFS) feature out of both Longhorn client and server, Microsoft didn't affect only its next-generation Windows release. It also has set back technologies designed to be dependent on WinFS.

One of the most prominent of these technologies is the Microsoft Business Framework (MBF).

The Microsoft Business Framework (MBF) is a set of developer tools and software classes designed to build atop Microsoft's .Net Framework. Various Microsoft product groups, as well as some of its third-party software partners, are working to build a number of its products — including the Microsoft Business Portal, future releases of its Visual Studio .Net tool suite and its "Code Green" suite of business applications built on top of a single code base — all on top of the MBF layer.

Last week, Microsoft officials announced they had decided to cut WinFS from Longhorn client and server in order to ship the releases in 2006 and 2007, respectively. Currently, Microsoft is not stating when it hopes to ship WinFS, other than to say that a first beta version of the technology will be available to testers in 2006.

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Source: MS Watch