Good vibes for Microsoft ‘point-and-click cloud computing’

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Published: November 24, 2009Posted in: Business Intelligence, Cloud Intelligence, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Opinions & ExplanationsTags:
Good vibes for Microsoft ‘point-and-click cloud computing’
People who write code for a living have a love/hate relationship with Microsoft. Over the years the press has played up the hate (and the hype), but today I thought I would turn to one Microsoft software project which is generating genuine interest and kudos from some developers.
The product is Microsoft’s free Web Platform Installer, now on version 2.0, which lets developers quickly install Microsoft’s Internet Information Services and a boatload of free Web applications on top of IIS, including WordPress, Moodle, SugarCRM, and Acquia for Drupal. The fact that this Microsoft product is playing nice with open source software is remarkable in itself, but what has gotten developers particularly interested is the cloud potential. Blogger and developer Jorge Escobar yesterday said:
“I was blown away with the concept behind this application. Basically Windows has introduced point-and-click cloud computing for the masses and it’s doing it in a way that resembles the iPhone application directory but for web applications.
I hate to say it but it’s brilliant.”
http://www.techworld.com.au/article/327117/good_vibes_microsoft_point–click_cloud_computing
Microsoft’s free Web Platform Installer generating genuine interest and kudos

People who write code for a living have a love/hate relationship with Microsoft. Over the years the press has played up the hate (and the hype), but today I thought I would turn to one Microsoft software project which is generating genuine interest and kudos from some developers.

The product is Microsoft’s free Web Platform Installer, now on version 2.0, which lets developers quickly install Microsoft’s Internet Information Services and a boatload of free Web applications on top of IIS, including WordPress, Moodle, SugarCRM, and Acquia for Drupal. The fact that this Microsoft product is playing nice with open source software is remarkable in itself, but what has gotten developers particularly interested is the cloud potential. Blogger and developer Jorge Escobar yesterday said:

“I was blown away with the concept behind this application. Basically Windows has introduced point-and-click cloud computing for the masses and it’s doing it in a way that resembles the iPhone application directory but for web applications.

I hate to say it but it’s brilliant.”

http://www.techworld.com.au/article/327117/good_vibes_microsoft_point–click_cloud_computing

Microsoft’s free Web Platform Installer generating genuine interest and kudos

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