Some ways to workMicrosoft HDInsight??? Cloud: go to www.windowsazure.com, request a cluster??? Local: Download Microsoft HDInsight??? Runs on just about anything, including Windows XP??? Get it via the Web Platform installer (WebPI)??? Local version is free; cloud billed at 50% discount during previewAmazon Web Services Elastic MapReduce??? Create AWS account??? Select Elastic MapReduce in Dashbo