As everybody probably knows by now, I have a soft spot in my heart for WinFS. I don't know what it is, but it definitely holds some special attraction for me.

So, I've been following Mike Deem's blog, and in particular have gone back to read his post "A Complete Failure" several times. Mike begins the post by quoting a different post in which Joe Gregorio states that he thinks WinFS will be "a complete failure" with the cause being that WinFS is a solution without a problem.

Two words for you, Joe: Document management.

And I'm not talking about your porn.

If that doesn't interest you, though, then consider Ian White's problem. He's had this big RSS picture feed scheme going on for a while now, and the result of his various experimentations is this:

    Basically I'm waiting with baited breath for WinFS to save me from my own xml files.

And just what could WinFS do for Ian?

    That whole task of organising files belongs in the file system, the OS or whatever you want to call the stuff that us developers shouldn't have to think about.

He has a point. Check it out.