>>>Sorry, I don't believe that Windows and DevDiv aren't in constant, in-depth communication with each other. I can't fathom that.
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>If Craig swims in a similar vast corporate sea, perhaps he has experienced exactly this sort of thing. ;-)

I've only seen that kind of nonsense in government.

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>Just to add interest, how about this? http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/is-the-icloud-the-end-of-the-linux-windows-desktop/9041?tag=nl.e539

There's a lot to be said for thin clients and a HA cloud-based backend. IMO the biggest issues are still cloud availability and trust(worthiness). Literally not one day goes by without news of significant outages and/or security breaches.