I'm a +1 as well, I added a line for it under upcoming events with a link back to the site.
Matt On 5/2/13 11:14 AM, "Giles Sirett" <[email protected]> wrote: >Chip - thanks for that. > >+1 on including other announcements that include ACS news.... I am ( >probably like you) in a privileged position in that I know what a lot >of what is going on in the commercial space around ACS..... I know what >SatckIQ are up to, I know what Citrix are up to ,I know what the other >dozens of vendors are up to. There may be many folks in this community >who are not as aware and may actually find it useful to know what people >are doing. > >I really appreciate that this is getting into a very murky area and will >have to be carefully watched > >Kind Regards >Giles > >D: +44 20 3603 0541 | M: +44 796 111 2055 >[email protected] > > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Chip Childers [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: 02 May 2013 18:48 >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: Weekly News Items? > >On Thu, May 02, 2013 at 05:38:46PM +0000, Giles Sirett wrote: >> Chip, I've been very clear, this *is* a commercial offering, we will be >>making money. ShapeBlue makes its money out of services around >>Cloudstack. This is what we do to feed our kids. >> >> These courses have been in development for some time, we have invested >> time & money in creating a structured course with classroom & online >>version and also a whole set of hands-on labs. To be frank, I would >>expect *some* degree of support from the community on this. I'm taking a >>commercial risk, creating something that that surely can only help ACS >>long term I have offered/donated 20% of the places on the Santa Clara >>course to the community free of charge. >> >> I am really trying to make sure that we respect the rules & >>governance of the project (which I have to do carefully as we are a >>vendor who primarily are about CloudStack). I think we've always >>managed to do that (if we haven't, I would like to be told). >> >> >> However, if there is a training course being run in our technology , >>then people should know about it; and it SHOULD be in a weekly news >>update IMO. >> If the course was being run by somebody else, I would say the same >>thing.; I would want to know about it. We should not refuse to mention >>it because somebody is making some money out of it. >> >> >> I am not asking for endorsement, I am asking to help communicate >>something that people may find useful & want to purchase. >> > >I want to be *very* clear that I'm not against community support for what >you are doing. The specific concern I had was about "endorsement" of a >commercial "service" and the implication it would have for how we would >treat commercial "product" announcements. > >However, looking back through past discussions on this topic, I believe >the overriding point is that as long as we are consistent and open about >inclusion, there are no problems. As stated, this is a pointer to >something. > >In fact, I think that we should consider pointing to product >announcements that include CloudStack news as well (example: we could >have pointed to http://www.stackiq.com/products/rocks-cloud/ when it was >announced). > >I'll sit down now... +1 for adding it. > >Thanks for being patient as I got through my own muddled thoughts in full >view of everyone... ;-) > >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. >
