andy thanks for this discussion. It would be good to raise a kind of consensus because this is an effort that the association could support.
Stef On Jan 26, 2013, at 11:41 AM, Andy Burnett wrote: >> he, sorry for insist, but cloudfoundry already does that... and is >> opensource too :) >> at ESUG I seen James present it to deploy pharo images... so is viable :) >> >> cheers, >> Esteban >> > > I agree. And, I was really quite optimistic about cloud foundry when > it first came out. I particularly like the way you can have a local > micro cloud, and then transition to the hosted cloud. My only > disappointment was that VMware are not - seemingly - going to offer > gemstone as an option on cloudfoundry.com. > Building on what Janko said, I think it is really important to join > the cloud 'wave'. > > The question is how might we - collectively - make this happen? I am > perfectly happy to go with cloud foundry, or open shift, or any other > option if more knowledgeable people can show that X is the way to go. > My only requirement is that I don't want to deal with anyone lower > than pharo. All OS patches need to be done automagically by the > hosting provider. I think cloudfoundry.com and open shift do that, but > my understanding of cloudfoundry.org is that this is a 'roll it > yourself' solution. Obviously, that would require someone to step up > and do that for us. > My preference would be for us to create a suitably configured module > for one of e platforms, and we can then start getting experience with > it. Stephane, is this something that the consortium might take a lead > on? My company is happy to pay some of the costs, if this will help. > > Cheer > Andy >
