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August 21st, 2009
Microsoft to cut Live Framework and Services from its Azure cloud platform
Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 12:58 pm
When Microsoft showed off its comprehensive Azure cloud “layer cake” diagram back at the Professional Developers Conference (PDC) in 2008, to me, it had somewhat of a slapped-together feeling.
Up until last fall, Microsoft was building two “cloud” developer platforms in parallel that were meant to provide programmers with a consistent set of programming interfaces and services: The Azure services platform and the Live Framework platform. At the PDC Microsoft officials made a case for a unified cloud platform, with Live Framework/Services and Azure’s .Net Services happily coexisting.
More details:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=3777
Microsoft to cut Live Framework and Services from its Azure cloud platform
Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 12:58 pm
When Microsoft showed off its comprehensive Azure cloud “layer cake” diagram back at the Professional Developers Conference (PDC) in 2008, to me, it had somewhat of a slapped-together feeling.
Up until last fall, Microsoft was building two “cloud” developer platforms in parallel that were meant to provide programmers with a consistent set of programming interfaces and services: The Azure services platform and the Live Framework platform. At the PDC Microsoft officials made a case for a unified cloud platform, with Live Framework/Services and Azure’s .Net Services happily coexisting.
More details:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=3777