Multiple choice technology operating systems

To remain competitive with the online likes of Google and others, Microsoft is headed to the "cloud." What forthcoming cloud-based OS will allow Microsoft and its ISVs to develop and run Windows apps via the Web?

  1. Windows 7

  2. Windows Live

  3. Windows Azure

  4. Nebula
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Explanation

Windows Azure (later Microsoft Azure) is Microsoft's cloud computing platform for hosting and running Windows applications via the web. Windows 7 is a desktop OS, Windows Live is consumer services, and 'Nebula' is fictional. Azure allows ISVs to build cloud-based Windows apps.

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