Quote from: Fox on April 01, 2016, 04:30:31 AM

Quote from: liondani on March 31, 2016, 10:03:11 PM
Anybody signed an agreement? Do we gave to MS any BTS  rights to let us get on Azure?  :o

As the community member that submitted the initial pull request to Microsoft for the BitShares Template, I can resolve this question with a definitive "No, BitShares is not granted to Microsoft."  Further, it is not the intention of Microsoft to 'own' any of these blockchain submissions, rather sell compute time on their Azure platform.  Please note, as an individual I signed a contribution clause with Microsoft prior to submitting the template that basically said I would not knowingly upload anything malicious.  Cass would have signed the same statement when he corrected the spelling in the Readme file a few hours after my original submission.

Please review the Contribution Guide Microsoft provide for BaaS submissions for further details of the requirements:
https://github.com/Azure/azure-quickstart-templates/tree/master/1-CONTRIBUTION-GUIDE

BitShares running on Azure remains bound to the same MIT license contained within the source repository.

Respectfully,
Fox

thanks for clarification  :)

Quote from: liondani on March 31, 2016, 10:03:11 PM
Anybody signed an agreement? Do we gave to MS any BTS  rights to let us get on Azure?  :o

As the community member that submitted the initial pull request to Microsoft for the BitShares Template, I can resolve this question with a definitive "No, BitShares is not granted to Microsoft."  Further, it is not the intention of Microsoft to 'own' any of these blockchain submissions, rather sell compute time on their Azure platform.  Please note, as an individual I signed a contribution clause with Microsoft prior to submitting the template that basically said I would not knowingly upload anything malicious.  Cass would have signed the same statement when he corrected the spelling in the Readme file a few hours after my original submission.

Please review the Contribution Guide Microsoft provide for BaaS submissions for further details of the requirements:
https://github.com/Azure/azure-quickstart-templates/tree/master/1-CONTRIBUTION-GUIDE

BitShares running on Azure remains bound to the same MIT license contained within the source repository.

Respectfully,
Fox

Quote from: -banano- on April 01, 2016, 12:19:19 AM
"Microsoft sues BitShares!"

great headline!

Looks like BitShares CEO is in trouble

"Microsoft sues BitShares!"

great headline!

Quote from: BunkerChain Labs on March 31, 2016, 10:33:41 PM

Quote from: liondani on March 31, 2016, 10:03:11 PM
Anybody signed an agreement? Do we gave to MS any BTS  rights to let us get on Azure?  :o

The developers of NEM are very skeptical about their integration...

We spent a considerable amount of time getting this done. Unfortunately,
at the last stage of our submission we were shown the agreement.
In the agreement, to put our solution up there, requires us to give away all our rights.
This is not quite palatable.
read more.... http://blog.nem.io/status-on-the-azure-project/

What if all these pumps with each blockchain that got into Azure was being backed by Microsoft itself as a way to get everyone to give up their rights so they could get into the network without realizing all the consequences?

Lets be honest.. is anybody here surprised at all.. this is Microsoft after all.

I don't understand how anyone would have the authority to sign away any rights to the BitShares blockchain  over to Microsoft. Is NEM different?

Quote from: liondani on March 31, 2016, 10:03:11 PM
Anybody signed an agreement? Do we gave to MS any BTS  rights to let us get on Azure?  :o

The developers of NEM are very skeptical about their integration...

We spent a considerable amount of time getting this done. Unfortunately,
at the last stage of our submission we were shown the agreement.
In the agreement, to put our solution up there, requires us to give away all our rights.
This is not quite palatable.
read more.... http://blog.nem.io/status-on-the-azure-project/

What if all these pumps with each blockchain that got into Azure was being backed by Microsoft itself as a way to get everyone to give up their rights so they could get into the network without realizing all the consequences?

Lets be honest.. is anybody here surprised at all.. this is Microsoft after all.

Anybody signed an agreement? Do we gave to MS any BTS  rights to let us get on Azure?  :o

The developers of NEM are very skeptical about their integration...

We spent a considerable amount of time getting this done. Unfortunately,
at the last stage of our submission we were shown the agreement.
In the agreement, to put our solution up there, requires us to give away all our rights.
This is not quite palatable.
read more.... http://blog.nem.io/status-on-the-azure-project/

 :D :D :D
Good job @Fox

[ANN]: BitShares now Live on Microsoft Azure Blockchain as a Service (BaaS)

Please reference:
https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php/topic,21842.msg284605.html#new

Please note:
I have submitted text to Microsoft for inclusion in an upcoming blog post for BaaS.  It is not clear when this will be published and if it will in fact include a mention.

Request: @xeroc or other admin
Please lock this thread and reference the thread above for the Release.

is the travis cl failure anything to worry about?

Quote from: Akado on March 09, 2016, 08:18:07 PM
Is this the right link? https://github.com/Azure/azure-quickstart-templates/pull/1364

Yes, this is the pending pull request.

Quote from: Fox on March 08, 2016, 10:46:03 PM

Quote from: kuwaitee on March 08, 2016, 05:13:40 AM
Any update for Azure announcement ??

The Pull Request is pending some minor updates within my template to ensure forward compatibility and incorporate a newer API version/format.  I expect this to be completed by day's end and to then be approved by the release manager for publication to Azure BaaS.

Is this the right link? https://github.com/Azure/azure-quickstart-templates/pull/1364

Quote from: Fox on March 09, 2016, 12:08:52 AM
Below is another revision, as I prepare to send it off for (hopeful) inclusion in the upcoming blog post this week.  I've attempted to highlight many attributes within BitShares, without diving into details.  Foremost, I want to ensure the content is accurate.  As we all know, to understand BitShares is to undertake quite a steep learning curve.  Let's invite those future conversations.

QuoteThe BitShares blockchain is a Financial Services platform for SmartCoins coupled with a decentralized asset exchange. SmartCoins are price-stable digital assets pegged to the current value of various currencies, commodities, stocks and other financial instruments within a derivatives market.  This is accomplished by sourcing pricing information from world financial markets, then publishing it to the blockchain to inform the decentralized asset exchange.  Markets are made between any asset pairs therein on a serialized order book to mitigate frontloading.  The industrial-grade blockchain currently operates at a 3-second block interval with peaks to thousands of transaction per second. BitShares accomplishes this speed while maintaining transaction and identity security through a unique democratic consensus algorithm. 

BitShares is delivering today on the promises of blockchain functionality, scalability and speed.  Spin up an Ubuntu VM with the software to get connected in about 15 minutes.

+5% Sounds pretty good to me

Quote from: Louis on March 09, 2016, 12:48:28 AM
I say don't spread the news until we know for sure that we have been added to Azure

Now I got it ;)

I say don't spread the news until we know for sure that we have been added to Azure