Apple is using Azure for ICloud which is pretty huge. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/is-apple-really-using-wi... The Vanity Fair article is almost identical to the articles released before Windows 7 came out in 2009 predicting the same kind of stuff than never comes true. Windows 8 has the potential to be a huge so I am sure these cookie cutter "MS is doomed" articles are going to be more prevalent as we get closer to release.