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Microsoft To Release Cloud-Oriented Windows OS
CWmike writes "Within a month, Microsoft will unveil what CEO Steve Ballmer called 'Windows Cloud.' The operating system, which will likely have a different name, is intended for developers writing cloud-computing applications, said Ballmer, who spoke to an auditorium of IT managers at a Microsoft-sponsored conference in London. Ballmer was short on details, saying more information would spoil the announcement. Windows Cloud is a separate project from Windows 7, the operating system that Microsoft is developing to succeed Windows Vista."
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This sounds like vapourware to me.
they have an HTML version of the Blue Screen Of Death.
Somehow, putting the word "vista" in the same sentence as "succeed", for whatever reason, just seems plain wrong.
My web domain.
sounds like Airborne viruses.
as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in labored puns about windows and clouds and nobody had the sense to silence them.
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This is the pre-announcement to announce an announcement. You'll have to wait for the actual announcement to find out what the hell it is.
Developers: We can use your help.
No, the Falling Blue Sky Of Death.
...lacks silver lining.
Project/Code Name?
Since this is Slashdot, how about...
"Insensitive Cloud"
Momentarily, the need for the construction of new light will no longer exist.
Because it will take at least seven standard PCs to boot the next version of Windows.
Some mornings it's hardly worth chewing through the restraints to get out of bed.
This windows cloud computing stuff is already used to send millions of emails a day and so on. The product itself really isn't news, the only news is that Ballmer is finally giving it a product name so we can talk about it more effectively in the media.
For a list of computers participating in the Windows Cloud, go here and request an rsync feed for the XBL.
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