Earlier today Microsoft announced its plans for adjusting to the world economy. The news story I read stated that mid-PC sales were down while server software was up.  I can’t help but associate that with what a Sony exec called “A race to the bottom” in which consumer and OEMs begin to target building the cheaper computer instead of the higher performing computer.   With the increasing emphasis being placed on Cloud Computing and Web Services and it all supports a prediction that software was going to move from the individual PCs back to the servers.  We can find evidence of this now.  Previously if you wanted to work on a word document you needed a computer with sufficient space and a reasonably powered processor.  You would then need to purchase and install Microsoft Word and you could edit documents from your siloed computer.  While you can still do this today you also have the option of using an online service to essentially do the same thing.  You can use a low powered computer with any of a variety of operating systems as long as that computer has a supported browser.   The power of the individual computer matters a little less and connectivity matters a whole lot more. as applications begin to target modern terminals. 

It’s possibly that my view of the future is slightly exaggerated but I doubt it is completely wrong.  That being said my plans for adjusting to what I think to be the needs of the future are to accelerate my learning path for Microsoft Azure Services Platoform and Live Services. I’ve been experimenting with Live Services for some time now and have found them to be useful in quickly putting together useful applications.  An Azure application runs across several 64-bit Windows 2008 servers.  Installation of patches is handled for you, failover is taken care of, and so are several other maintenance tasks allowing development of highly available, secure, and redundant applications with more ease.   Effective use of the platform is going to require a different way of thinking than developing the traditional application so I plan to get started tonight with the intent of having information to teach and share within the next week.

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