This Week on C9: PDC recap and Halloween with Scott Hanselman, Clint Rutkas, and Brian Peek

Posted By: Dan Fernandez | Nov 2nd, 2008 @ 1:10 PM | 53,186 Views | 4 Comments
This Week on Channel 9, Scott Hanselman, Clint Rutkas, and Brian Peek join us to share their thoughts on PDC, Azure, and even share their thoughts on the best geeky Halloween costumes.
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#Nov 2nd, 2008 @ 5:02 PM
rhm
rhm
Is someone playing airhockey near where you were recording this? Very annoying sound in the background.

Anyway, it didn't occur to me when I was watching the actual Azure stuff, but as they say in this vid Azure = blue. So Microsoft is either targetting or paying tribute to IBM here.
#Nov 2nd, 2008 @ 9:37 PM
Minh
Minh
WOOH! WOOH!
A tidbit of irony Smiley

Windows Azure is MS Cloud O/S, but azure is the color of the sky without clouds...

I said ironic, not funny...hehe

PS
I don't like "Azure." Hopefully, this year's "Azure" is next year's "Vista."
#Nov 3rd, 2008 @ 10:14 AM
Dan
Dan

@rhm - Yeah, we recorded in the Channel 9 & Coding4Fun lounge where people were playing Rock Band 2 so that's what the background sound was.

@Minh - I'm ambivalent on Azure as a name, but the technology is hot Smiley  I'm sure they looked at some names that had "sky" in the title too. Perhaps SkyNet would have been a more appropriate name.

#Nov 4th, 2008 @ 1:25 AM
Bas
Bas
It finds lightbulbs.

I sorta associate azure with water more than with sky, but then again, clouds are water in the sky.

Personally though, I think the award for the best cloud-based technology name has to go to Valve for coming up with 'Steam Cloud'.

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