Re: OpenStack Revenues Approaching $3.4B: 451 Research

2016-04-28 Thread Will Stevens
" <madangan...@actonmagic.com> > >> To: marketing@cloudstack.apache.org > >> Sent: Thursday, 28 April, 2016 06:09:33 > >> Subject: OpenStack Revenues Approaching $3.4B: 451 Research > > > >> Greetings, > >> > >> Just bumped ont

Re: OpenStack Revenues Approaching $3.4B: 451 Research

2016-04-28 Thread ilya
Well summarized! On 4/28/16 9:38 AM, Ian Rae wrote: > The accounting is incorrect, these are just marketing claims. Much is > services or "attached" revenue. In the past some analysts have confused > the revenue of entire companies (Rackspace) with being OpenStack > revenue. Bottom line is, most

Re: OpenStack Revenues Approaching $3.4B: 451 Research

2016-04-28 Thread ilya
On 4/28/16 12:53 PM, Sebastien Goasguen wrote: > >> On Apr 28, 2016, at 5:07 PM, Sunando Bhattacharya >> wrote: >> >> I really don’t know on what basis we are saying that openstack doesn’t work… >> $3.4Bill of revenues !!! > > So I am of the opinion that “openstack works”

Re: OpenStack Revenues Approaching $3.4B: 451 Research

2016-04-28 Thread Sebastien Goasguen
e.org> > Date: Thursday, April 28, 2016 at 7:39 AM > To: "marketing@cloudstack.apache.org" <marketing@cloudstack.apache.org> > Subject: Re: OpenStack Revenues Approaching $3.4B: 451 Research > > Openstack is just bitter because they still don't have a product that

Re: OpenStack Revenues Approaching $3.4B: 451 Research

2016-04-28 Thread Sebastien Goasguen
> On Apr 28, 2016, at 5:07 PM, Sunando Bhattacharya wrote: > > I really don’t know on what basis we are saying that openstack doesn’t work… > $3.4Bill of revenues !!! So I am of the opinion that “openstack works” just because some friends at CERN have it working.… But

Re: OpenStack Revenues Approaching $3.4B: 451 Research

2016-04-28 Thread ilya
t;madangan...@actonmagic.com> >> To: marketing@cloudstack.apache.org >> Sent: Thursday, 28 April, 2016 06:09:33 >> Subject: OpenStack Revenues Approaching $3.4B: 451 Research > >> Greetings, >> >> Just bumped onto this article, thought of sharing

Re: OpenStack Revenues Approaching $3.4B: 451 Research

2016-04-28 Thread Steve Wilson
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Re: OpenStack Revenues Approaching $3.4B: 451 Research

2016-04-28 Thread Will Stevens
I don't want to come across as anti-OpenStack because I am not. We use some components of OpenStack. The problem I see is that everyone investing in OpenStack has to prove its value, which has resulted in extensive smoke and mirrors. Because of this many companies have invested heavily in

Re: OpenStack Revenues Approaching $3.4B: 451 Research

2016-04-28 Thread Yim, Philip
I'm new to the thread but does cloudstack solve this problem ? Philip On Apr 28, 2016, at 8:36 AM, Will Stevens > wrote: I would be curious to know how many billions of $ of consulting and operational costs were incurred to boost the

Re: OpenStack Revenues Approaching $3.4B: 451 Research

2016-04-28 Thread Will Stevens
I would be curious to know how many billions of $ of consulting and operational costs were incurred to boost the $3.4B of revenues. :) I wonder which number is bigger... You still can't upgrade an openstack cloud, so if you want to go to a new version, you have to build a new cloud and migrate

Re: OpenStack Revenues Approaching $3.4B: 451 Research

2016-04-28 Thread Sunando Bhattacharya
I really don’t know on what basis we are saying that openstack doesn’t work… $3.4Bill of revenues !!! Fact is openstack is production-grade and catching up fast on most counts with ACS, and actually ahead on some features like NFV. Lets call a spade a spade Sunando Bhattacharya M +91 97111

Re: OpenStack Revenues Approaching $3.4B: 451 Research

2016-04-28 Thread Giles Sirett
+1 to that will Kind Regards Giles D: +44 20 3603 0541 | M: +44 796 111 2055 giles.sir...@shapeblue.com Regards, Giles Sirett giles.sir...@shapeblue.com  www.shapeblue.com 53 Chandos Place, Covent

Re: OpenStack Revenues Approaching $3.4B: 451 Research

2016-04-28 Thread Will Stevens
Openstack is just bitter because they still don't have a product that works and our product works just fine. Just goes to show that more money doesn't always solve the problem... :) All that money and almost no success stories. Kind of sad really... On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 1:09 AM, Madan

OpenStack Revenues Approaching $3.4B: 451 Research

2016-04-27 Thread Madan Ganesh Velayudham
Greetings, Just bumped onto this article, thought of sharing: http://www.eweek.com/cloud/openstack-revenues-approaching-3.4b-451-research.html The decision to turn over OpenStack to a foundation in 2012 stands in contrast to the CloudStack platform and its parent, Citrix. Citrix donated