Thanks AlexisPeter
> Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 07:37:07 +0100 > Subject: Re: [Openstack] [Spam] Re: what is the meaning to alliance with > VMWare? > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected] > > Peter, > > Example of OpenStack with vSphere - > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2gBypQaxqk > > alexis > > > On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 5:52 PM, Peter Cheung <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks Clint. If we treat VMWare as a neighbor, we meet another trouble, how > > can we pack openstack and vmware into a single solution? what kind of > > customer need such as solution? > > > > Compete with VMWare seems to be the right choice, openstack has a great > > advantage in price and community. People may say vmware features are still > > better, but we just need some more time to catch up. This is just my > > opinion. > > > > from Peter > > > > > >> From: [email protected] > >> To: [email protected] > >> Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 09:13:13 -0700 > >> CC: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: [Openstack] [Spam] Re: what is the meaning to alliance with > >> VMWare? > > > >> > >> Excerpts from Peter Cheung's message of 2013-07-29 07:29:10 -0700: > >> > Dear Brian thanks for reply. May be because there is no cheap AIX, so > >> > linux and AIX can be sell in different price range. But in here, the > >> > market > >> > is : openstack compete with ESXi or ESX essential plus. We are a > >> > consultancy > >> > firm, our sales are competing with VMware sales. In HK, vmware sales even > >> > want us die. If we die, the only competitor left is microsoft.The war > >> > here > >> > is very obvious. > >> > >> Hi Peter. I understand that at times, sales negotiations can be like war, > >> with your client being the innocent bystanders caught in the middle. > >> > >> But markets are not war-zones. Wars intrinsically expend > >> resources. Markets, however, grow resources and make things more > >> efficient, until they are outmoded, and then they shrink naturally. > >> > >> So looking at VMware as a combatant on the field of battle, they are > >> intimidating and evoke fear. I would not want to do battle with this > >> well trained highly motivated battle group. > >> > >> If, however, we look at VMware as neighbors, the feelings are different. I > >> believe that they're really just interested in developing the huge > >> untapped resources which are basically unavailable to them without the > >> cooperation and lower cost model of projects like OpenStack. > >> > >> To use an analogy, if VMware is FedEx, OpenStack is "people who want > >> efficient roads and airports." > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > >> Post to : [email protected] > >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack > >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > > Post to : [email protected] > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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