Windows Azure looks like a promising cloud platform. Now a big unknown pricing model. Microsoft says they are still working on it, but it will be competitive. What do you think is a good pricing model?
Let's hope Microsoft takes into account what a group of programmers wants.
Update: Azure Pricing: http://www.microsoft.com/azure/pricing.mspx
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