This is the first of a series of articles in which you will learn about what may be one of the silliest, most preventable, and most costly mishaps of the 21st century, where Microsoft all but lost OpenAI, its largest customer, and the trust of the US government.I joined Azure Core on the dull Monday morning of May 1st, 2023, as a senior member of the Overlake R&D team, the folks behind the Azure Boost offload card and network accelerator.I wasn’t new to Azure, having run what is likely the longe...