‘Windows Cloud’ to descend this month, says Ballmer: Interesting.
“We need a new operating system designed for the cloud and we will introduce one in about four weeks, we’ll even have a name to give you by then. But let’s just call it for the purposes of today ‘Windows Cloud’,” said Ballmer.
[…] Ballmer also hinted at what would be built into the new OS, including geo replication, how to design apps intended to commingle [we think he means appeasing regulators by providing more interoperability], management modelling and an SOA model, to effectively create a new platform.
Is is a "cloud" or is it "vapor"? Time will tell ... on a related note, Amazon announced today they are doing Windows shortly: http://aws.amazon.com/windows/