Google and Microsoft Look at Clouds From the Same Side Now (It's Still War Though!)

Yesterday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer went all misty in a speech, declaring in his strongest statement that cloud computing was mission critical for the software giant. “This is the bet for the company,” Ballmer said. “For the cloud, we’re all in.” And that’s also pretty much all the language you’ve been hearing from Google of late.

So What Do I Know Now?–Part 2

Last year, here on the Voices blog, I asked you all for your thoughts on how to finance and put out my next record. I got some swell advice, as well as some good wishes. Many agreed that the patronage system–asking fans to donate money–was a promising idea.