Thursday, March 26, 2009

Microsoft criticizes secret drafting of cloud-computing manifesto - TechFlash: Seattle's Technology News Source

Looks like it’s political business-as-usual in the cloud…

An official with Microsoft's Windows Azure is speaking out against what he describes as a secret effort to create a "Cloud Manifesto" -- laying out principles for making the major cloud-computing services work smoothly together.

"Very recently we were privately shown a copy of the document, warned that it was a secret, and told that it must be signed 'as is,' without modifications or additional input," writes Microsoft's Steven Martin in a blog post tonight. "It appears to us that one company, or just a few companies, would prefer to control the evolution of cloud computing, as opposed to reaching a consensus across key stakeholders (including cloud users) through an 'open' process."

Martin adds, "An open Manifesto emerging from a closed process is at least mildly ironic."

Microsoft criticizes secret drafting of cloud-computing manifesto - TechFlash: Seattle's Technology News Source

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