Really?! This announcement is _under embargo_ until Monday. Yet I just received this from one of our "friendlies" :-(
How did this leak happen? I'm really not happy about this. -Sally ----- Forwarded Message ----- >From: [REDACTED] >To: [email protected] >Sent: Friday, 22 March 2013, 11:33 >Subject: Fwd: [New post] CloudStack Graduates to an Apache Top Level Project > > > >Sally, isn't this news under embargo until 25 March at 10 ET? > > >/Chris > > >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >From: The Diversity Blog - SaaS, Cloud & Business Strategy ><[email protected]> >Date: Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 11:13 AM >Subject: [New post] CloudStack Graduates to an Apache Top Level Project >To: [REDACTED] > > > >Ben Kepes posted: "" > >New post on The Diversity Blog - SaaS, Cloud & Business Strategy > CloudStack Graduates to an Apache Top Level Projectby Ben Kepes >Almost a year ago Citrix scored a coup when it’s CloudStack product (which >itself was formerly the cloud operating system known as cloud.com) was >elevated to the cloud platform of the Apache foundation. It was all the more >interesting sine Cloud.com were founding members of OpenStack and the war of >words between CloudStack (in particular it’s colorful marketing head Peder >Ulander) and the OpenStack community has given those of us in the gallery much >to chuckle about since then – if nothing else it’s been great popcorn fodder. >While it’s fair to say that CloudStack had the high ground early on in terms >of on-the-ground adoption with enterprises, it’s also fair to say that >OpenStack, with the massive buy in from big names vendors like HP, IBM and >Dell, won out on the attention measures. OpenStack was, from a technical >perspective, a little rough around the edges 12 months ago but it’s fair to >say that the past year has seen it come along nicely and the upcoming >OpenStack summit will no doubt be a showcase of enterprise adoption >(disclosure – OpenStack is covering my T&E to attend the OpenStack summit in >Portland and as part of the summit I have written a general open cloud report >for the foundation). Much of the criticism that OpenStack proponents have been >able to level at CloudStack has focused on its apparently limited contributor >base – in their minds, a project with support from essentially only one >company is never going to get the traction it needs to truly become an accepted standard. >Which is why the announcement that the Apache Software Foundation is promoting >CloudStack to a top level project next week is so important – to qualify as a >TLP, an initiative needs to have proven a well developed community, strong >governance and, by definition, widespread adoption. >According to Chip Childers, Vic President of Apahe CloudStack, the >foundation’s work since adoption has focused on growing a strong community >around the code and ensuring the governance is robust. As a thinly veiled >criticism of some previous dramatic and unhappy happenings in the OpenStack >community, Childers went on to say that: >…we've managed to build a diverse, friendly and very open community around >CloudStack. New participants 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 >In terms of how the project actually works - Apache CloudStack software is >released under the Apache License v2.0, and is overseen by a self-selected >team of active contributors to the project. A Project Management Committee >(PMC) guides the Project's day-to-day operations, including community >development and product releases. Apache CloudStack source code, >documentation, mailing lists, and related resources are available at >http://cloudstack.apache.org/. >The key thing here though is just how wise the developer community to >CloudStack is. The foundation reports that as of today the initiative boasts >some 440 developers and, in the most important metric of all, only 32% of >those developers are from Citrix. That’s a positive statistic and should give >the CloudStack fans cause for cheers. While CloudStack has some loyal customer >however, it’s hard to see how they’ll manage to push through the OpenStack >juggernaut – time will tell how that all shakes down… >Ben Kepes | March 22, 2013 at 10:13 am | Tags: Apache foundation, Citrix, >Cloud.com, CloudStack, Dell, IBM, OpenStack, Peder Ulander | Categories: >Business | URL: http://wp.me/p8KWj-3X1 >Comment See all comments >Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. >Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: >http://diversity.net.nz/cloudstack-graduates-to-an-apache-top-level-project/2013/03/22/ > > > > > >-- >+1.678.431.1656 >mailto:[email protected] >twitter @cobiacomm >http://blog.cobia.net/cobiacomm (blog) > > > >
