WinFS: A Self-Disruptive Innovation That Was Too EarlyIn a 2013 Reddit AMA, Bill Gates referred to the WinFS(Windows Future Storage) as his greatest disappointment with Microsoft. WinFS was touted as one of the key components in Window Longhorn (was the pre-release codename for Windows Vista). Microsoft had expected this OS update to be a major game-changer in the desktop computing sector.Problem With Traditional File SystemA regular file system can store data as byte streams packed to a file...