Wait a minute. The CloudStack marketing lists are public? This is why we traditionally only work with the IPMCs on news items.
Hey ho. Cat's out of the bag. -Sally >________________________________ > From: David Nalley <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Cc: Sally Khudairi <[email protected]>; [email protected] >Sent: Friday, 22 March 2013, 11:47 >Subject: Re: [New post] CloudStack Graduates to an Apache Top Level Project > >You can't really - all you can do is ask politely. > >--David > >On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 11:45 AM, Kelly Hair <[email protected]> wrote: >> Since anyone can subscribe to Apache mailing lists, how do you normally >> keep news from flowing out prematurely? I was scratching my head on that >> one. >> >> >> >> >> On 3/22/13 11:42 AM, "David Nalley" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>wondering the same thing here. >>>Very surprised. >>> >>>On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 11:40 AM, Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> 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 it¹s 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 it¹s >>>>>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 it¹s been great popcorn fodder. >>>>>While it¹s fair to say that CloudStack had the high ground early on in >>>>>terms of on-the-ground adoption with enterprises, it¹s 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 it¹s 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 >>>>>foundation¹s 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: >>>>>Šwe'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. That¹s a positive >>>>>statistic and should give the CloudStack fans cause for cheers. While >>>>>CloudStack has some loyal customer however, it¹s hard to see how >>>>>they¹ll manage to push through the OpenStack juggernaut time will >>>>>tell how that all shakes downŠ >>>>>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-proj >>>>>ect/2013/03/22/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>-- >>>>>+1.678.431.1656 >>>>>mailto:[email protected] >>>>>twitter @cobiacomm >>>>>http://blog.cobia.net/cobiacomm (blog) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >> > > >
