On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 08:14:17PM +0000, Musayev, Ilya wrote: > The author, Steve Jin wrote this API, he also co-wrote and designed the > original non open source VmWare APIs. (I even have one of his books). > > This project is now supported by community and Steve. > > I'd say the chance of it being very much similar to non opensource version - > is very high, but I will let the more knowledge developers make that call.
Steve and I know each other, and I've suggested switching to it in the past. It's actually two things... First, it exposes a *very similar* raw set of API wrapper classes that look and feel like the VMware proprietary SDK. Second, it has a set of classes designed to simplify the SDK interaction into a more sane object structure. I'd be willing to bet that a conversion would be easy... and I'm willing to try if nobody else gets to it first... After we get 4.1 out the door, and if someone else does RM for 4.2. ;-) > > Regards > ilya > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ahmad Emneina [mailto:aemne...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 2:18 PM > > To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org > > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS]VMware Open Source APIs > > > > i agree, if there is feature parity between the sdk's we should use the > > opensource one. > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 11:07 AM, David Nalley <da...@gnsa.us> wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Musayev, Ilya <imusa...@webmd.net> > > wrote: > > > > Stumbled upon Open Source Version of Java API for VSphere on > > > vijava.sourceforge.net > > > > > > > > Wanted to get the feel of developers if we can consider using these > > > > APIs > > > instead and make VMWare support as an Open Source build (vs nonoss as > > > of now). > > > > > > > > > Personally I think that since an open source option exists we have a > > > compelling reason to try and adopt it provided there are no adverse > > > effects. The ASF exists to build open source, freely-available, > > > software for the public good. > > > > > > --David > > > > >
