Can we just use the pay as you go plan without signing a agreement?
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/tag/baas/

I would be wary of Microsoft too. As with all big corporate entities, EULA's and T&C's are written for their best interest.

On a related note, it is crazy the amount of personal data Microsoft collects. It is written to basically cover anything one would do on a pc.
This is from the January 2016 Microsoft Privacy Statement
https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement/

"Personal Data We Collect"
"We collect your first and last name, email address, postal address, phone number, and other similar contact data."

"We collect passwords, password hints, and similar security information used for authentication and account access."

"We collect data about you such as your age, gender, country and preferred language."

"We collect data about your interests and favorites, such as the teams you follow in a sports app, the stocks you track in a finance app, or the favorite cities you add..."

"We collect data necessary to process your payment if you make purchases, such as your payment instrument number (such as a credit card number), and the security code..."

"We collect data about how you and your device interact with our services. This includes data, such as the features you use, the items you purchase, the web pages you visit, and the search terms you enter..."

"We collect data about your contacts and relationships if you use a Microsoft service to manage contacts, or to communicate or interact with other people or organizations."

"We collect data about your location, which can be either precise or imprecise. Precise location data can be Global Position System (GPS) data, as well as data identifying nearby..."

"We collect content of your files and communications when necessary to provide you with the services you use. For example, if you receive an email using Outlook.com, we need..."

"We also collect the content of messages you send to us, such as feedback and product reviews you write, or questions and information you provide for customer support..."

"Reasons We Share Personal Data"
"We share your personal data with your consent or as necessary..."

It does not say you will be asked for your consent, it seems to be stated indirectly that you consent to it.

Windows 10 privacy settings.
https://imgur.com/l0xUUo4

Is this the agreement? Or is it some other doc?
https://windowsazure.github.io/docs/Contribution%20License%20Agreement.pdf

That's the growth I'd like to see. Next year? That would be great, but if it takes a few more years, I'm ok with that too!
If they did it, what is preventing us from doing the same? It's initial conditions, variables and timing.
The platform is being built. Everything is falling into place. You can see it materializing.

I like their optimism! Anyway, we are halfway to a xxM market cap.

Most long time investors know that NEM does ninja releases, unlike some other projects that tend to exaggerate and pump.
So far the unexpected news has always been good news. Keep in mind Aesop's fable of the Tortoise and the Hare.
The progress my appear slow, but each deliberate and incremental step is building solid growth.

The invention of interest was by the Sumerians from Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq, Kuwait and parts of Iran, Syria and Turkey.

From https://twitter.com/NEMofficial
First product placement of #NEM in a short film. Can you spot it? http://www.lovein.tokyo/

1min 19sec
Cool!

Who's the extra, Makoto or an actor playing Makoto? 

Maybe our wide distribution has something to do with it.
A stable XEM value indicates to me that NEM is more resistant to pump and dump and therefore less interest to the kids in the trollboxes.
Marketing is very restrained. We are still in beta, our modus operandi is stealth, so until NEM Version 1 gets here I  guess things will be a little quiet.

+1 for the ninja launches. I really like NEM's stealthy modus operandi.

Livecoding.tv is a livestreaming platform where programmers code live. You can watch developers write in real time.
Viewers can also ask questions while the coder is working.

Live
https://www.livecoding.tv/livestreams/

Other channels
https://www.livecoding.tv/videos/javascript/
https://www.livecoding.tv/videos/java/
https://www.livecoding.tv/livestreams/javascript/
https://www.livecoding.tv/livestreams/java/

Maybe one of our NEM devs can exhibit their skills. https://www.livecoding.tv/streamingguide/
Open Broadcaster Software is what they recommend for video recording and live streaming. Take a look at their
logo, it was our precursor logo. https://obsproject.com/

Nodeexplorer.com and blockexplore.in look good, but check out ethereum's, that dashboard is really colorful.
https://stats.ethdev.com/

Followed your delegated harvesting video, and it worked first time. I just sent you my remote account private key. Thanks

My first 2 days and already 3 blocks. This demonstrates how PoI harvesting is superior to PoW mining and is a definite improvement over PoS forging. Once others realize how equitable the harvesting is, I can see NEM really taking off. It's just a matter of time.

Thanks Tompa, that was the problem.
I bought ~$30 of XEM and after just 1 day I harvested my first block, you can't to that with Bitcoin. Now to work on getting 5M XEM.

When I installed the NEM client (v0.6.28) and imported my private key the balance showed 0 XEM. The private key correctly loaded the same address that I sent in. I also set it to primary account. What am I missing?

XEM. It's just a few weeks old, in time it will grow.

Also saw this:
http://cointelegraph.com/news/112720/indysci-founder-isaac-yonemoto-i-was-presented-with-a-once-in-a-lifetime-opportunity-to-develop-a-drug-without-patents
Isaac Yonemoto is using bitcoin for scientific crowdfunding. His name is YoNEMoto, he should use NEM!

Let him know about our platform. http://www.indysci.org/contact.html

The timing is only coincidental. At this point an April fools prank would be too cruel.

NEM

NEM.
They are now testing the NEM main net. Launching soon. nem.io