MICROSOFT has started releasing software connected to the shy and retiring CEO Steve Ballmer’s vision of cloud computing.
Microsoft chief software architect Ray Ozzie unveiled Azure at a Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles and gave the software specialists advanced access to what he describes as "Windows in The Cloud".
Ozzie said that the release of the software was a turning point for Microsoft. Gushing more than Old Faithful after eating a gallon of soap, Ozzie said that the release was “a transformation of our software; it's a transformation of our strategy and our offerings across the board to fundamentally embrace services."
The Azure platform, which was originally known as Red Dog, lets developers build online services and websites to operate on machines run by Vole. µ
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Tags: Microsoft
I could spend a penny to see one; succinct geographically limited extranet ping pong escorts to plug IT in the WiFi. Say if I take my kit to Disney, will it be a cloud to wisp me on my way? Computer says: no.
Right Nick, you left out this sentence:

"Microsoft's fortune has been built on cheating and stealing packaged software such as its ubiquitous Windows operating systems that people install on their machines or are pre-installed on computers."

"If Red Dog barks at the Wales, then you can too!"

Red Dog is dholes for voles. Stacked odds go to the house. Don't SaaS me. Checked but not claimed. On demand for your command. Oodles for noodles. The government would do nwell to stay far far away... 

The Very Big Corporation of America.

That's the machine that goes "PING!". Go on, have a butcher's. Gosh, we're all really impressed down here, I can tell You! By Jove! That's enormous! Wunderful what we can do nowadays... I've got no option but to sell you all for scientific experiments. 

Good Lord! The Crimson Permanent Assurance!

The Hand of God rises into the CLOD.

DON'T STAND THERE GAWPING! LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN THE HAND O' GOD BEFORE.

Need we say more?
even if it is only polluting the virtual atmosphere!
This is a very poorly constructed article, it looks like a snippet from a much larger story.
This is not a criticism, but rather constructed advise.
Even for the technically inclined readers, this does not make a lot of sense.

Nick Farrell, you need to explain how this is going to change/transform software and how it will affect or benefit developers.

I do apologise, but you just need to elaborate a bit more.

Regards