http://www.hexus.net/content/news/ne...lld19JRD0xNTM5Quentin Clark of the WinFS team said: "It’s a big milestone shipping WinFS Beta1 and being able to reconnect with a broader set of developers on what we are building. WinFS is alive and well, and with Beta1 we are anticipating lots of feedback to help us continue to refine WinFS."