Comments on: Now that Halo 4 will run on Windows Azure, what’s next?

By: BUILD Talk

BUILD Talk — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 19:45:53 +0000

In the Windows Azure Storage talk at BUILD today:

http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2012/4-004

They described how XBox (for many products), SkyDrive, Bing are all using Widndows Azure Storage.

By: Andika Candra

Andika Candra — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 15:29:27 +0000

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By: Barb Darrow

Barb Darrow — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 14:14:31 +0000

i did ask MSFT and the response was what i reported. I added your Bing Maps in an update.
the gist of the story is that folks (not just me) wonder when the bread-and-butter Microsoft applications (SaaS applications anyway) will run on Azure. totally fair question and one that is being asked by many many people.

thanks for your interest.

By: Barb Darrow

Barb Darrow — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 13:45:31 +0000

zune?

By: Barb Darrow

Barb Darrow — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 13:45:18 +0000

colloquialism used on purpose.

By: Tim Acheson

Tim Acheson — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 11:19:10 +0000

Here’s a much more useful response to the same news story:
http://mashable.com/2012/10/31/halo-4-windows-azure/

By: Tim Acheson

Tim Acheson — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 11:10:39 +0000

Most people I know who use Bing Maps knew back in February 2010 that the service had already migrated to Azure. I even mentioned the fact in a blog post: http://www.timacheson.com/Blog/2010/feb/sluguk_11

It’s no secret. Ignorance of the facts merely reflects failure to research the topic properly. A classic annti-Microsoft blog post — half-baked.

By: Tim Acheson

Tim Acheson — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 11:05:23 +0000

“How many of those are running on Azure now? No one was saying, because the answer is close to zero.”

Totally wrong. I can only assume that the author has never bothered to ask. However, it is common knowledge and migrations to Zune have been announced in the normal way e.g. in blog posts by the teams responsible:

If tech commentators spent less time fawning over Apple and Google, and more time on the rest of the industry, they would be less at risk of appearing ignorant of the sector they’re supposed to be reporting. It’s lamentable.

Hot tip for tech commentators: if you haven’t done your homework on a topic, do not write about it — assumptions and made-up facts in a public article like this reflect very badly on the author.

By: Tim Acheson

Tim Acheson — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 11:01:22 +0000

You do realise that other major services, e.g. Bing Maps, were moved to Zune long ago — right?

By: Andrew Jones

Andrew Jones — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 09:59:55 +0000

“ain’t”?