+1 what he said -- Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology!
Nux! www.nux.ro ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Hinkle" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, 6 November, 2014 18:05:03 > Subject: Re: Discover PICO Ikoula's new VM > I think any offer or indication of a product or service that features > CloudStack > would be fine to the marketing list. > I think this set-off a lot of spam filters because their were 7 image > attachments. > I think a plain text email is preferred since it's a mailing list. > I think it's cool that a CloudStack-based solution is being promoted here or > anywhere else and we should welcome that. > > > Regards, Mark > > > On Nov 6, 2014, at 12:48 PM, Giles Sirett <[email protected]> wrote: > >> No, I doubt anybody on this list is going to rush out and buy an instance >> from >> Ikoula. And I agree, that spam is a pain >> >> But this is a *marketing* list - and I would love to hear more stories from >> folks doing things with Cloudstack; if that means hearing some of their >> gotomarket then so be it. Some will be good, some will be dull and a few may >> be >> great. We need to hear those great stories. >> >> That email wasn’t sent from a DB, Anne-Claire sent it herself. I guess >> because >> she thought people may be interested (and I'm sure she also hopes that some >> of >> us may buy something or tell our friends to buy something) and has basically >> got a message saying "don’t do that again". IMO that is bad form, especially >> after I pointed out that they are active supporters of this community. >> >> So, when Ikoula do announce their *great* thing - we wont hear about it. >> >> A while back Anne-Claire sent a similar email (they had been graded as no2 >> cloud >> provider in France behind SomebodyiCantRemember). It, too, was just a piece >> of >> marketing from them >> >> It resulted in this: >> @Ikoula beat @Cloudwatt in EVERY ranking for French #iaas market. >> journaldunet.com/solutions/clou… >> guess what its built on ? >> #cloudstackworks >> >> And also partly contributed to a French journo contacting me to write a >> piece >> about Cloudstack >> http://www.lemondeinformatique.fr/les-dossiers/lire-openstack-clef-de-voute-du-cloud-open-source-666.html >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Kind Regards >> Giles >> >> D: +44 20 3603 0541 | M: +44 796 111 2055 >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: David Nalley [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: 06 November 2014 17:16 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Discover PICO Ikoula's new VM >> >> On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 11:56 AM, Giles Sirett <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> Joe >>> >>> Ikoula are a cloudstack user, based in France, and are good friends of the >>> CloudStack community. >>> I think its great to see them developing new services based on >>> Cloudstack and sharing that with the rest of us >>> >> >> So I like that they use CloudStack. I like that they are developing new >> services, based on CloudStack. I am just not sure how it's relevant in this >> particular venue. >> Find out more about ShapeBlue and our range of CloudStack related services >> >> IaaS Cloud Design & Build<http://shapeblue.com/iaas-cloud-design-and-build//> >> CSForge – rapid IaaS deployment framework<http://shapeblue.com/csforge/> >> CloudStack Consulting<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-consultancy/> >> CloudStack Infrastructure >> Support<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-infrastructure-support/> >> CloudStack Bootcamp Training >> Courses<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-training/> >> >> 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 a company incorporated in >> India and is operated under license from Shape Blue Ltd. Shape Blue Brasil >> Consultoria Ltda is a company incorporated in Brasil and is operated under >> license from Shape Blue Ltd. ShapeBlue SA Pty Ltd is a company registered by >> The Republic of South Africa and is traded under license from Shape Blue Ltd. > > ShapeBlue is a registered trademark.
