it could be inaccurate as well, just because I have used cloudstack... doesnt mean I manage it for my employer. So LinkedIn is dubious at best, as a source.
On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 11:40 AM, Musayev, Ilya <imusa...@webmd.net> wrote: > On private blog? > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ahmad Emneina [mailto:aemne...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 2:39 PM > > To: marketing@cloudstack.apache.org > > Subject: Re: CloudPlatform/CloudStack Customers and Marketing > > > > I feel thats 'wrong'. > > > > > > On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 11:36 AM, Musayev, Ilya <imusa...@webmd.net> > > wrote: > > > > > Employees use sites like linkedin and its easy to figure out what > > > company X uses just by scanning what this or that person did/does. > > > Also, search thru CS mailing lists of all user domains can help you > gather > > that info. > > > > > > It all goes back to public information. While technically - you cannot > > > say that company X is using CS officially on ASF/Wiki or elsewhere, on > > > private blogs, you can scan the web for all the public info and draw > > > your conclusion. > > > > > > I guess the point I'm trying to make, strictly by using public > > > sources, one can easily generate a list of companies that use CS but > > > never publicize it. Would it be wrong to create one and say below is > > > the list of "unconfirmed CS users". > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Joe Brockmeier [mailto:j...@zonker.net] > > > > Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 1:47 PM > > > > To: marketing@cloudstack.apache.org > > > > Subject: Re: CloudPlatform/CloudStack Customers and Marketing > > > > > > > > On Mon, May 20, 2013, at 12:35 PM, Ahmad Emneina wrote: > > > > > i partially agree with the premise it could be mutually beneficial. > > > > > Some companies view cloudstack as their competitive advantage, and > > > > > guard that info religiously. > > > > > > > > Being an open source project/product that anyone can download, it's > > > > certainly not an *exclusive* advantage for anyone. Obviously, it's > > > > an awesome addition to any company's IT stack, but it's not like > > > > there's a > > > limited > > > > supply of CloudStack to go around. > > > > > > > > The only thing I'd say companies gain from keeping mum about > > > > deployments is that they keep other companies/recruiters from > > > > knocking at their door > > > for > > > > their CloudStack-proficient employees. > > > > > > > > Best, > > > > > > > > jzb > > > > -- > > > > Joe Brockmeier > > > > j...@zonker.net > > > > Twitter: @jzb > > > > http://www.dissociatedpress.net/ > > > > > > > > > > >
