Hooks up with Microsoft Azure for cloud deployment scheme



From The Inquirer:

CANONICAL ANNOUNCED Ubuntu Snappy in cooperation with Microsoft Azure on Tuesday, the alpha preview of a minimalist Ubuntu Core virtual machine implementation for cloud deployments of Linux applications software running in Docker containers.

Canonical said: "Today we're announcing 'snappy' Ubuntu Core, a new rendition of Ubuntu for the cloud with transactional updates.

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