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Microsoft To Release Cloud-Oriented Windows OS

Posted by timothy on from the name-tba dept.

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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  1. Succeed? by GuruBuckaroo · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "Windows Cloud is a separate project from Windows 7, the operating system that Microsoft is developing to succeed Windows Vista."

    If it's the slightest bit better than its predecessor, I think it'll be better described as the OS that FAILS Windows Vista. Once and for all.

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  2. Re:Microsoft Dark Cloud by davester666 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    This will bring Vista performance to the masses. Now you don't have to spring $25K to by a Cray with Vista to get decent performance. Instead, Microsoft will have a while bunch of Crays, and rent you access to them.

    Say, wasn't this done before, in the 60's?

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