Quote from: stopatnever on November 16, 2017, 06:47:46 PM

If you truly have a partnership with Microsoft, why dont you publicize it with an official press release with quotes from a representative? Again, a paid ISV relationship is not a true partnership.

Quote from: stopatnever on November 16, 2017, 11:14:38 PM

Quote from: poordeveloper on November 16, 2017, 10:27:11 PM

AFAIK you can check the relationship at Microsoft site, they published the instructions before.

Yes. They publish their database of ISV partners. But being an ISV partner isnt special. There are nearly half a million ISV partners worldwide and most become accredited through a paid subscription. Thats not a true partnership.

View this to see what it means. https://blogs.partner.microsoft.com/mpn-canada/whats-isv-faq-microsoft-partners-independent-software-vendors-app-builders/

Hi stopatnever,

There are all kinds of partnerships:

1. A strategic partnership is a relationship between two commercial enterprises, usually formalized by one or more business contracts;
2. A Community partner may be, but is not limited to, the following: local, state, national, international, public, community-based, private and academic organization;
3. A joint venture is a business arrangement in which two or more parties agree to pool their resources for the purpose of accomplishing a specific task. This task can be a new project or any other business activity;
4. A channel partner is a company that partners with a manufacturer or producer to market and sell the manufacturer's products, services, or technologies. This is usually done through a co-branding relationship;
5. R&D Partner is a type of partnership devoted to the research and development of new products and services;
6. etc.

Our partnership with Microsoft is a combination of some of the above. Press release should come out in due course when we have accomplished what we set out to do together in the first place - bringing scalability and security to the Ethereum world via Microsoft product offerings. We are still working on it. Promise to try harder. Thank you for your patience.