Giles, Totally agree with you on the feel, but since this is an official publication I agree with Joe on the "Childers" piece. Has to be the formality of an actual press release. We came this far to be a TLP and graduate, let's have the first official presentation show that as well.
Just my 2 cents, Matt On 3/21/13 9:08 AM, "Giles Sirett" <giles.sir...@shapeblue.com> wrote: >Joe >That looks near perfect. > >My only disagreement is referring to our beloved VP as "Childers". I did >this deliberately . I know That's the accepted way (I'm always "sirett" >on our releases) but I think use of first name gives a much more >community feel. >Thoughts ? > >Other than that, my vote is to freeze it there, or we could go on for >weeks > >Kind Regards >Giles > >D: +44 20 3603 0541<tel:+44%2020%203603%200541> | M: +44 796 111 >2055<tel:+44%20796%20111%202055> >giles.sir...@shapeblue.com<mailto:giles.sir...@shapeblue.com> > >On 20 Mar 2013, at 21:34, "Joe Brockmeier" ><j...@zonker.net<mailto:j...@zonker.net>> wrote: > >Giles, thanks for taking this on! Giving it a brief once-over for >formatting, spelling, etc. > >Also - I think we really need to trim down Chip's quotes. This isn't a >story, it's a release - one or two short quotes are all that's needed. >With any luck, anyone writing about this will be trying to get unique >quotes from Chip or someone else and not just regurgitating quotes out >of a press release. > >- Start - > >The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache CloudStack Has Become >A Top-Level Project > >Mature, open source turn-key platform for delivering scalable, >full-featured Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) clouds. > >[release location/date] > >The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, >stewards, and incubators of nearly 150 open source projects and >initiatives, announced today that Apache CloudStack has graduated from >the Apache Incubator to become a Top-Level Project (TLP), signifying >that the project's community and products have been well-governed under >the ASF's meritocratic process and principles. > >"When CloudStack first became an Apache Incubator project, it was a >well-established cloud management platform, so its codebase was already >mature," said Chip Childers, Vice President of Apache CloudStack. "Our >work in the Incubator has focused on growing a really strong community >around the code and establishing the governance practices expected of >a top-level project within the Apache Software Foundation." > >Formerly the product of Cloud.com<http://Cloud.com>, which was acquired >by Citrix in 2011, >CloudStack was donated by Citrix to ASF and submitted to the Apache >Incubator in April 2012. It is a well-established cloud management >platform, already widely in production use by many organizations. It is >used to deliver Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) cloud computing in >both private-cloud, public, and hybrid cloud environments. It has been >proven to be both stable and highly scalable, underpinning production >clouds more than 30,000 physical nodes, in geo-distributed environments. > >Asked to comment on the importance of becoming a Top-Level Project, >Childers added "CloudStack had the advantage of having many long-term, >large deployments which had proven the stability and scalability of the >technology. This helped us concentrate on adopting the 'Apache Way' >of governance, which is well understood and open, delivering so many >great pieces of software over the years." > >"We know that Infrastructure-as-a-Service is the next generation of >IT infrastructure, and that people will demand open standards and open >governance for such an important layer in their IT stack. That is why >the CloudStack project meeting the rigorous standards of ASF governance >is so significant. " > >When asked to comment on the Apache CloudStack community itself, Childers >said: "we've managed to build a diverse, friendly and very open community >around CloudStack. New members receive a really warm welcome and we make >sure that all contributors are on an equal footing, whether they are >writing code or helping with any other aspect of the project. Anybody >thinking of getting involved in the project would quickly find what a >great community we are. As well as online involvement, we've already >had a global collaboration conference and there are many CloudStack >groups established in many different countries. " > >About Apache CloudStack Apache CloudStack is a complete software >suite for creating Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) clouds. Target >environments include service providers and enterprises. It is used >by many service providers to set up an on-demand, elastic cloud computing >services and by enterprises to set up a private cloud for use by their >own employees. Apache CloudStack is also available to individuals and >organizations that wish to study and implement an IaaS for personal, >educational, and/or production use. > >Further information on Apache CloudStack can be found at [website URL] > >About Apache Software Foundation The Apache Software Foundation, >a US 501(3)(c) non-profit corporation, provides organizational, >legal, and financial support for a broad range of over 140 open source >software projects. The Foundation provides an established framework for >intellectual property and financial contributions that simultaneously >limits potential legal exposure for our project committers. Through a >collaborative and meritocratic development process known as The Apache >Way, Apache(tm) projects deliver enterprise-grade, freely available >software products that attract large communities of users. The pragmatic >Apache License makes it easy for all users, commercial and individual, >to deploy Apache products. > >For further info, contact [contact info] > > ### > >Best, > >jzb >-- >Joe Brockmeier >http://dissociatedpress.net/ >Twitter: @jzb > >This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended >solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views >or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not >necessarily represent those of Shape Blue Ltd or related companies. If >you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must neither take >any action based upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. Please >contact the sender if you believe you have received this email in error. >Shape Blue Ltd is a company incorporated in England & Wales. ShapeBlue >Services India LLP is operated under license from Shape Blue Ltd. >ShapeBlue is a registered trademark.
