jamie said:
LiquidBoy said:
*snip*
lets check the numbers in a month - to see if this is indeed the crock i hope it is


1 dollar on google/ apple rising at ms expence    - mesh? azure? zune?

4 weeks

*although win7 could still be a game changer... tomorrow

There is no way it will fail, Azure will underpin all of MS's online applications. It will succeed no matter what! Revenue will be channeled into it by sheer association to there flagship products.

The new applications that are built ontop of it from partners and developers are a value add. Me personally I would move all my servers and websites to Azure in an instant (I need to get my hands on CTP bits first).

ps. Alot of the millions of .net developers out there will be enticed to deploy there asp.net/web applications to Azure purely because all you need to do is click a couple of buttons. You get a huge amount of space and bandwidth for free upfront, and if what you build grows then chances are it will make money after which you'll probably need to start paying for using Azure.

No .... MS have a good thing going here... Alot of MS developers will find it very inviting!