Joel on SoftwarePainless Software ManagementArchitecture astronauts take over- May 1, 2008 It was seven years ago today when everybody was getting excited about Microsoft's bombastic announcement of Hailstorm, promising that "Hailstorm makes the technology in your life work together on your behalf and under your control." What was it, really The idea that the future operating system was on the net, on Microsoft's cloud, and you would log onto everything with Windows Passport and all your stuff would be up there. It turns out: nobody needed this place for all their stuff. And...http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/05/01.html |