Hi Sally, That's our final. Thanks!
On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 9:39 AM, Sally Khudairi <sallykhuda...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Thanks, Joe. > > Please let me know when you're close to the final draft so I can start the > ASF edit process. > > Cheers & chat soon, > Sally > > > > ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Joe Brockmeier <j...@zonker.net> >> To: Sally Khudairi <sallykhuda...@yahoo.com>; Chip Childers >> <chip.child...@sungard.com> >> Cc: cloudstack-market...@incubator.apache.org; Sally Khudairi >> <s...@apache.org>; pr...@apache.org >> Sent: Thursday, 21 March 2013, 10:37 >> Subject: Re: REVISED (was Re: Talking Points for Graduation) >> >> On Thu, Mar 21, 2013, at 09:23 AM, Sally Khudairi wrote: >>> Fab --thanks, Chip! I'm standing by for a draft whenever y'all are >> ready. >> >> Sorry, thought you were CC'ed on the entire discussion - but probably >> just as well you didn't have to wade through all that. :-) >> >> Below: >> >> - 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 >> j...@zonker.net >> Twitter: @jzb >> http://www.dissociatedpress.net/ >> -- Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier http://www.dissociatedpress.net/about/ http://twitter.com/jzb
