David Treadwell: Inside Live Services

Posted By: Charles | Oct 28th, 2008 @ 10:53 AM | 91,535 Views | 3 Comments
Vice President of Windows Live David Treadwell explains Azure's Live Services. He whiteboards the architecture of Live Services (love getting VPs to the whiteboard!), discusses what's available in the Azure CTP, what's coming and, finally, why we are doing all of the cloud business in the first place. By the way, can you figure out what the hex means on his shirt?
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#Oct 28th, 2008 @ 11:54 AM
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Ok, Go Do It!
0x007FFF is the hex color representation of Azure, a shade of blue.

Azure is commonly refers to a bright blue, resembling the sky on a bright, clear day. So the blue of the sky, and clouds are in the sky, hence Azure being the name for Microsoft's cloud computing platform.
#Oct 29th, 2008 @ 12:04 PM
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I've never heard "Azure" pronounced that way, at least in the states.

And neither Merriam-Webster nor Encarta have documented that pronunciation. You can find a wav file with official pronunciation here: http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861588117/azure.html

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