Thanks, Joe. Please let me know when you're close to the final draft so I can start the ASF edit process.
Cheers & chat soon, Sally ----- Original Message ----- > From: Joe Brockmeier <j...@zonker.net> > To: Sally Khudairi <sallykhuda...@yahoo.com>; Chip Childers > <chip.child...@sungard.com> > Cc: cloudstack-market...@incubator.apache.org; Sally Khudairi > <s...@apache.org>; pr...@apache.org > Sent: Thursday, 21 March 2013, 10:37 > Subject: Re: REVISED (was Re: Talking Points for Graduation) > > On Thu, Mar 21, 2013, at 09:23 AM, Sally Khudairi wrote: >> Fab --thanks, Chip! I'm standing by for a draft whenever y'all are > ready. > > Sorry, thought you were CC'ed on the entire discussion - but probably > just as well you didn't have to wade through all that. :-) > > Below: > > - Start - > > The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache CloudStack Has Become > A Top-Level Project > > Mature, open source turn-key platform for delivering scalable, > full-featured Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) clouds. > > [release location/date] > > The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, > stewards, and incubators of nearly 150 open source projects and > initiatives, announced today that Apache CloudStack has graduated from > the Apache Incubator to become a Top-Level Project (TLP), signifying > that the project's community and products have been well-governed under > the ASF's meritocratic process and principles. > > "When CloudStack first became an Apache Incubator project, it was a > well-established cloud management platform, so its codebase was already > mature," said Chip Childers, Vice President of Apache CloudStack. "Our > work in the Incubator has focused on growing a really strong community > around the code and establishing the governance practices expected of > a top-level project within the Apache Software Foundation." > > Formerly the product of Cloud.com<http://Cloud.com>, which was acquired > by Citrix in 2011, > CloudStack was donated by Citrix to ASF and submitted to the Apache > Incubator in April 2012. It is a well-established cloud management > platform, already widely in production use by many organizations. It is > used to deliver Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) cloud computing in > both private-cloud, public, and hybrid cloud environments. It has been > proven to be both stable and highly scalable, underpinning production > clouds more than 30,000 physical nodes, in geo-distributed environments. > > Asked to comment on the importance of becoming a Top-Level Project, > Childers added "CloudStack had the advantage of having many long-term, > large deployments which had proven the stability and scalability of the > technology. This helped us concentrate on adopting the 'Apache Way' > of governance, which is well understood and open, delivering so many > great pieces of software over the years." > > "We know that Infrastructure-as-a-Service is the next generation of > IT infrastructure, and that people will demand open standards and open > governance for such an important layer in their IT stack. That is why > the CloudStack project meeting the rigorous standards of ASF governance > is so significant. " > > When asked to comment on the Apache CloudStack community itself, > Childers > said: "we've managed to build a diverse, friendly and very open > community > around CloudStack. New members receive a really warm welcome and we make > sure that all contributors are on an equal footing, whether they are > writing code or helping with any other aspect of the project. Anybody > thinking of getting involved in the project would quickly find what a > great community we are. As well as online involvement, we've already > had a global collaboration conference and there are many CloudStack > groups established in many different countries. " > > About Apache CloudStack Apache CloudStack is a complete software > suite for creating Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) clouds. Target > environments include service providers and enterprises. It is used > by many service providers to set up an on-demand, elastic cloud > computing > services and by enterprises to set up a private cloud for use by their > own employees. Apache CloudStack is also available to individuals and > organizations that wish to study and implement an IaaS for personal, > educational, and/or production use. > > Further information on Apache CloudStack can be found at [website URL] > > About Apache Software Foundation The Apache Software Foundation, > a US 501(3)(c) non-profit corporation, provides organizational, > legal, and financial support for a broad range of over 140 open source > software projects. The Foundation provides an established framework for > intellectual property and financial contributions that simultaneously > limits potential legal exposure for our project committers. Through a > collaborative and meritocratic development process known as The Apache > Way, Apache(tm) projects deliver enterprise-grade, freely available > software products that attract large communities of users. The pragmatic > Apache License makes it easy for all users, commercial and individual, > to deploy Apache products. > > For further info, contact [contact info] > > ### > > > > Best, > > jzb > -- > Joe Brockmeier > j...@zonker.net > Twitter: @jzb > http://www.dissociatedpress.net/ >
