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[NormDroid]

I'm considering deveoting some time to getting my head stuck into Azure. I've a few questions: 1. Is there anybody learning Azure at the moment? 2. Is there anybody doing fulltime Azure development? [Dont vote just answer]

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[Lost User]

I'm giving a 5 to your choice of wording for the Subject, sadly I have nothing to add to the subject.

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[Keith Barrow]

Take a look at how busy the Clownd forum isn't :) That said, I'm over 30 so anything new is the work of the devil...

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[Nagy Vilmos]

It's difficult to answer as it's all virtual. According to Microsoft there are 853,000 active developers[1]. However using empirical evidence[2] the figure is much lower. About 3. [1] Numbers made up for the benefit of a good reasonable terrible joke. [2] That is what I am doing.

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[testing0796178]

fuck off....

[NormDroid]

Keith Barrow wrote:

That said, I'm over 30 so anything new is the work of the devil...

Should be a factor to like at it, after its all rehashed stuff from the past :)

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[NormDroid]

Looking at companies like Logica, they seem to be investing in the cloud, I also have this from somebody who works for Logica.

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[NormDroid]

:laugh: what a come back.

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[Keith Barrow]

Delightful chap, that education really did you the power of good, didn't it.

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[Pete OHanlon]

There's always the Report Member button. I'd say this definitely counts as abusive.

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[Rage]

Did you mean you are "fine off" being or not being in the cloud ?

[Keith Barrow]

Already pressed!

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[Rage]

I have no experience whatsoever with Azure, but IMO it is definitely worth a try, while: - There will always be someone interested in _using_ the technology. - There is currently very few interest in _developing for_ that technology. Smells like a niche.

[Pete OHanlon]

Norm .net wrote:

1. Is there anybody learning Azure at the moment?

We're looking into it primarily because we know that clients are buying into the hype (sorry, I mean well thought out and reasoned marketing spiel). If we want to keep getting clients, we have to work with what they want.

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[NormDroid]

Thinking on the lines of everything else, learn it whist its young and be a the forefront when its eventually mainsteam technology.

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[NormDroid]

:) the only cloud he probably knows are the ones on his bedroom wallpaper.

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[NormDroid]

Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

If we want to keep getting clients, we have to work with what they want.

True, like I said to Nagy, Logica are throwing a lot of resources into Cloud technology.

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[hairy_hats]

And yet his rep is still positive!

[Keith Barrow]

Not his debator points :)

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[Pete OHanlon]

Then exercise your powers to vote.

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