A reply to Lynch AND A COMMENT FROM ME Microsoft to Offer U.S. Scientists Free Cloud Computing - NYTimes.com

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

LYNCH SAID ""Well, I guess Dave did not publish my reaction to this article.  Am I crazy?

DaN"

Dan and others, I do occassionally sleep , eat, worry re my wife and think. Give me a break, 

Dave

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From: Dennis Gannon <Dennis.Gannon () microsoft com>
Date: February 5, 2010 2:09:42 PM EST
To: "pipesandclouds () googlegroups com" <pipesandclouds () googlegroups com>
Subject: RE: [Infrastructure 2.0] FW: [IP] Microsoft to Offer U.S. Scientists Free Cloud Computing - NYTimes.com
Reply-To: pipesandclouds () googlegroups com

Hi Dan and All,
As the Microsoft research project manager for this NSF-MS effort, I can answer part of your question.   MS will make no 
claim on the researchers data and the researcher can access it through simple web service/rest APIs to move it to 
another provider if they desire.  For that matter, we do not expect all data used in projects under this program will 
reside on Azure.  However, there is a more complex part of the story.  The National Science Foundation has requirements 
for eventual openness on data produced under research they fund.  I am not the person to answer any questions regarding 
NSF policy.   The eventual home for the data will be a negotiation between the researcher and the NSF. 
 
Let me know if you have any other questions about the program.   Happy to answer them.
Dennis
Ps:  You folks probably know my colleague on this project, Roger Barga better than me.  We have been following the 
discussions, but we have been so busy getting this thing off the ground that we have not been able to participate much 
in the Infratructure 2.0 discussion.
 
Dennis Gannon, Director of Applications
Cloud Computing Futures, eXtreme Computing Group
Microsoft Research
One Microsoft  Way, Bldg 99/2438
Redmond WA 98052
812 320 1016
 
 
 
From: pipesandclouds () googlegroups com [mailto:pipesandclouds () googlegroups com] On Behalf Of Dan Lynch
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 8:30 AM
To: pipesandclouds () googlegroups com
Subject: [Infrastructure 2.0] FW: [IP] Microsoft to Offer U.S. Scientists Free Cloud Computing - NYTimes.com
 
Well, I guess Dave did not publish my reaction to this article.  Am I crazy?

Dan



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From: Dan Lynch <Dan () Lynch com>
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:51:32 -0800
To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>, ip <ip () v2 listbox com>
Conversation: [IP] Microsoft to Offer U.S. Scientists Free Cloud Computing - NYTimes.com
Subject: Re: [IP] Microsoft to Offer U.S. Scientists Free Cloud Computing - NYTimes.com

And when the grants run out who owns the data?  Seriously, is there a mechanism to pull “my data” from Azure (or any 
similar service) and rehost it for any reason the owner chooses?

Dan



On 2/4/10 6:12 PM, "Dave Farber" <dave () farber net> wrote:


http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/science/05cloud.html?hpw


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