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