Introducing Microsoft Ignite – meet us in Chicago

System Center was already buried into Tech-ED ... and now Exchange and everything else goes in with it ... basically turning this into one week of sales pitches. I know MS is "all-in" with their cloud vision but have they already forgotten the "could your way"

part? The Hybrid and Private cloud users?

This announcement makes the circle complete: With everything being cloud first there's no need for an educated IT force on the ground. Anything complicated will be handled by the Azure platform and so these conferences are a waste. The irony: they still treat

thier partners and consultants like it's the old model: why are we paying for expensive Microsoft Exchange certifications again? So you'll give us business based solely around migrating them to your SaaS so they never need our service again? SHouldn't you

be paying me for the privilege of giving away repeat business to your glorious OP-Ex model?

I never thought I'd say this ... but your average dice job hunt is now more Linux than Windows. It's simply because Microsoft is deliberately ignoring and throwing away the market they already dominate for the promise of another. If there's ever a "cloud backlash"

(and every bubble has a burst before it settles in) your going to find yourself with nothing to fall back on because you're happily ignoring that private cloud that is quickly turning into Linux based competitors. Soon MS will be the only cloud solution provider

using their own custom OS when they probably could be competing at multiple layers to be the cloud framework as WELL as a endpoint solution ... but instead ... well I've said enough.

First year in many I wont be at a MS event. It's officially a waste of money this year ... which is better spent brushing up on my perl and puppet because Linux has stolen the show while you weren't looking.