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Microsoft's new SQL Server Data Services, a database-in-the-cloud service coming soon, might have been the sleeper announcement of this year's Mix conference.
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see also..
http://blog.jungledisk.com/2008/03/06/microsoft-gets-serious-about-cloud-computing-and-competing-with-amazon/
Also, somebody in C|Net's news department should Google for
"Salesforce" and "CRM". They've been doing it for awhile too
(albeit for a specific purpose). ;)
MSFT has no claim here... they're just following in others'
footsteps (err, again).
/P
SQL Data Services are not the same as Salesforce in that they are application independent. I've developed using Salesforce Apex and it's more of a utility or value-add-feature platform than a true application platform aside from the initial application of CRM.
SQL Data Services is renting the database rather than the application. The difference from Quicken is that Quicken's offering is to host Quicken databases.
So, yes, it would be a little more newsworthy. Now mend your broken arm once patting yourself on the back, re-read the article, and come back when you have something constructive to say that actually has merit in criticizing the article.
What financial interest do you have in seeing Microsoft fail? Your comments in other postings clearly indicate you have something to gain personally from this.
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