Those of you who know me, also know my appreciation for c++. Those of you knowing time cockpit will also know that nearly all of it is written in c#/.net with its service hosting infrastructure running in Windows Azure. There is one particular part of time cockpit that will, at some point in the future, receive a native rewrite and due to the nature of it, storing its data in windows azure is a key requirement. Windows Azure, up to now, does not offer a developer story for C++ development, especially considering access to its storage subsystem. This is where Casablanca comes in to play: Read more ...