After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out
this bit o' wisdom:
> Microsoft moving Azure from WA data center, citing state tax policy
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>| "Due to a change in local tax laws, we???ve decided to migrate Windows Azure
>| applications out of our northwest data center prior to our commercial launch
>| this November," the company says on the Windows Azure blog.
> `----
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> http://www.techflash.com/microsoft/Microsoft_shifting_Azure_from_WA_data_center_citing_state_tax_policy_52549277.html
>
> Tax concerns to push Microsoft Azure cloud hosting out of Washington state
>
> http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=3644
This is kind of off-topic, but...
The Seattle Sounders used to be a USL Div 1 soccer team. (In fact, one of
their current players, Osvaldo Alanzo, was a Charleston Battery player last
year). Seattle made the jump up to the MLS (Major League Soccer),
and they are really filling the stadium!
They wear pea-green kits with "XBOX 360" plastered on them. I wonder how
many fans are 'Softies?
Anyway, my hat is off to the Seattle Sounders and their dedicated fans.
(Even though Messi scored twice on 'em last night.)
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I fell asleep reading a dull book, and I dreamt that I was reading on,
so I woke up from sheer boredom.
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