70% of Microsoft Staff are Working on the Cloud
Steve Ballmer has said Microsoft is "betting the company" on cloud computing. He also offered some very interesting numbers with regards to how much of the company is focusing on cloud-related projects.
Speaking yesterday at the University of Washington, Steve Ballmer told students that the cloud has always been a source of tension at Microsoft and there's a lot of unrealized potential. Ballmer revealed that at the moment, 70 percent of Microsoft employees are working on cloud-related project. In a year's time, that number will have jumped to 90 percent. “We’re all in,” PaidContent cites the CEO as saying. “This is the bet for our company.”
Cloud computing is something a lot of people have no faith in. Trusting an outside source with all of your information is risky, and keeping a back up of all your documents sort of defeats the purpose of cloud storage. Do you think there will ever be a time when you trust the Cloud with your work? Let us know in the comments below.

The reason and potential they are talking about is control and profit.
1) They are going to kill computer advances for users, thus forcing you to pay premiums for sub-par processing. (Atom and entourage)
2) They are going to jack the prices of all powerful servers that will be sold to corporations to power cloud apps.
3) They are going to start being as invasive as google when it comes to your personal info and what kind of money they can make from it.
FIGHT THE POWER!
DESTROY ALL BABYBOOMERS!
Thanks for the giggle,
Cloud is definately the way forward for all the millions of poor people who really do not think about privacy!
No not me thanks microsoft. Besides, this is good, further away from traditional desktop use the more room and scope for Linux to support our desktops, come on linux for the Gaming already!!
This is the reason they want to force us to the cloud. To take the power of personal computers away from the people and get it back into their hands where they can "monetize" it and rip us off so much more efficiently.
"Oh, you haven't paid your cloud bill this month? We are holding your data for ransom until you pay it or our hold time is up whereupon we will auction it off to the highest bidder. Have a nice day!"
Oh and it was the "original" model back in the day... And it was supremely expensive then also and very unfriendly to use.
what utter c*nts.
I remember the days when we would punch cards, hand them to some zoned out guy behind a counter, wait and wait for a printout to magically appear. Then one day computers got smaller and cheaper and we could all have our OWN! No more sharing with someone else, no more waiting, no more wondering when we would get our results, the computer was there to serve its owner immediately.
Now you want us to go back to the old way?
PLUS the fact that most places the internet is very unreliable. I have home internet and business internet with major internet suppliers and they are not reliable. I travel a little bit and always take my computer. Internet connection beyond my house and office is very unreliable. So getting to data and apps would always be questionable. But MY OWN computer always works for me.
My prime examples to trusting the cloud? Kindle and 1984. Apple and the app store (wifi sniffers, adult apps, approval process). Both these show that once you trust a 3rd party company to control your data, you may get royally screwed.