John--So, what do you mean by an "Azure cloud powered by ACS"? Are you referring to the IaaS capability of Azure, so basically bringing up ACS in a Linux VM running in Azure?
-----Original Message----- From: Musayev, Ilya [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 8:33 AM To: John Kinsella; <[email protected]> Subject: RE: CloudStack MS on Windows - thoughts? Azure PR - would be way to fun, the only caveat, I had a friend who worked for Azure and hence I'm strong believer if you mix Azure and ACS, its actually going to do more harm than good. > -----Original Message----- > From: John Kinsella [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 11:11 AM > To: <[email protected]>; Musayev, Ilya > Subject: Re: CloudStack MS on Windows - thoughts? > > Seems easy enough to me (at first glance) altho SystemCenter already > supports Xenserver (supposedly - can't say I've run it) > > Another fun PR stunt would be an Azure cloud powered by ACS. It's on > my radar, but probably won't try until some time in Q1. > > John > > On Nov 19, 2013, at 5:06 AM, "Musayev, Ilya" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > As insane as it sounds, we have a definite advantage over other > > projects > since we are running cross platform java. > > > > Why not offer a Windows build as convinience? We are going to take > Windows market share that is afraid of Linux command line (that's > still a very significant population outside of bay area). I know for > certain OS or Euca do not run on Windows. > > > > This maybe our advantage we can use as marketing and get many more > people on board. > > > > Any thoughts on marketing? I will be asking this on dev. > > > > Source: Friend of mine who does ACS development had it running in > Windows environment. > > > > > > - All mistakes in this message are not mine but Android's. >
