https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/10/29/microsoft_windows_round_up_29_oct/ > While Microsoft celebrated another earnings bonanza and its flagship operating system continued to remain conspicuously absent there was plenty for the followers of Redmond's antics to chew over. > Some things never change. It was ten years ago last week that Microsoft’s software architect Ray Ozzie took to the stage of the software giant’s Professional Developer Conference to announce that Azure was on the way.