My cousin thought this was interesting.

"Microsoft has sold 90 million copies of Windows 7 to date, making it the fastest-selling operating system in history, the company says."

Do you?

"Microsoft is still most closely associated with its desktop software , but on Thursday CEO Steve Ballmer said Microsoft was "betting our company" on the cloud. About 70 percent of Microsoft employees are working on cloud-related projects right now; that figure will reach 90 percent within a year, he says."

From BIZ.YAHOO.COM, thanks Joann

My research with Larry lead me to this.

Ricardo is looking for more info.

I saw this posted at WWW.REDORBIT.COM.

"REDMOND, Wash. and KANAZAWA, Japan, March 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Microsoft Corp. and I-O Data Device Inc."

My Uncle told me about this.

"Playing catch-up to Microsoft in the so-called public-cloud market, IBM will start offering development software over the Internet this month."

In five laboratories dotted around the globe hundreds of Microsoft researchers are slaving away on the complex task of doing whatever they want to.

"Microsoft is still seeing a lot of interest in its Windows 7 computer software launched last year and a new budget cycle will help a gradual recovery in business spending, its chief operating officer said."

From NEWS.YAHOO.COM, thanks Florence

Erica writes: "March 3 (Bloomberg) -- International Business Machines Corp. , playing catch-up to Microsoft Corp. in the so-called public-cloud market, will start offering development software over the Internet this month."

I found this article and thought I would pass it along.

"Last week, Microsoft released a set of drivers that allow production versions of Red Hat to run on Hyper-V. The drivers, otherwise known as integration components, have some limitations, but they come with the full assurance that both Microsoft and Red Hat will support such an implementation."