Microsoft launches Windows Azure, its "cloud OS"
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Microsoft launches Windows Azure, its "cloud OS"
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Re: Microsoft launches Windows Azure, its "cloud OS"
#2Whitepaper on it:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/4/3/e43bb484-3b52-4...
Re: Microsoft launches Windows Azure, its "cloud OS"
#3One question that comes to mind: How does this effect the market for private, dedicated (managed) servers? Or rather the platform providers for today's online apps?
Re: Microsoft launches Windows Azure, its "cloud OS"
#4Whitepaper on it: http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/4/3/e43bb484-3b52-4...
[disclaimer - I work for the Windows Azure team].
The root website is www.azure.com - that should link to all the relevant docs, bits, sites. We're turning on all the switches as I write this so you may see a few 404s before noon PST.
Re: Microsoft launches Windows Azure, its "cloud OS"
#5Whitepaper on it: http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/4/3/e43bb484-3b52-4...
[disclaimer - I work for the Windows Azure team]. The root website is www.azure.com - that should link to all the relevant docs, bits, sites. We're turning on all the switches as I write this so you may see a few 404s before noon PST.
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Re: Microsoft launches Windows Azure, its "cloud OS"
#6Definitely interesting! From what I see at first glance, there's a queue/MQ-like service, a scalable database (is it SQL or key/value?), a workflow service, and the whole thing works whether you want to use .NET or not.
Re: Microsoft launches Windows Azure, its "cloud OS"
#7Whitepaper on it: http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/4/3/e43bb484-3b52-4...
[disclaimer - I work for the Windows Azure team]. The root website is www.azure.com - that should link to all the relevant docs, bits, sites. We're turning on all the switches as I write this so you may see a few 404s before noon PST.
A bit of feedback:
I would be hesitant to start using this because there is no way to anticipate the pricing scheme whenever it shows up. Last thing I want is to commit to a platform andthen find out it's cost-prohibitve. Also, google promises to keep certain level of usage free which makes me more likely to try because I know I won't get suddenly hosed with high prices.
Re: Microsoft launches Windows Azure, its "cloud OS"
#8Microsoft has destroyed their brand so completely that I don't even consider this a viable product. I don't trust Microsoft.
Re: Microsoft launches Windows Azure, its "cloud OS"
#9Am I wrong in wondering if cloud computing might do for computing what hedge funds and CDSs did for finances? By this I mean that in both cases we're talking about attaining the last iota of efficiency by consolidating a resource in the hands of a few. What happens when the MS cloud goes down? (I know. Impossible.) We've seen the stories about people who have lost access to their gmail accounts. What if a large portion of the economy has their applications tied up in the cloud and there's an interruption in service. Or a natural disaster.
Analogously, should these cloud providers be required by law to maintain a (geographically distributed) computing reserve? A second (or third, even) clone of the current cloud?
I understand that the communication between the cloud and the world is distributed, but the actual cloud seems to be as distributed as a rock.
Re: Microsoft launches Windows Azure, its "cloud OS"
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
[disclaimer - I work for the Windows Azure team]. The root website is www.azure.com - that should link to all the relevant docs, bits, sites. We're turning on all the switches as I write this so you may see a few 404s before noon PST.
A bit of feedback: I would be hesitant to start using this because there is no way to anticipate the pricing scheme whenever it shows up. Last thing I want is to commit to a platform andthen find out it's cost-prohibitve. Also, google promises to keep certain level of usage free which makes me more likely to try because I know I won't get suddenly hosed with high prices.
Agreed, it's troubling that Microsoft isn't giving us any indication of what pricing may be.