Yes, true, don’t allow territorial pissings to trump pragmatism. My distaste has festered for 20 some odd years & I highly doubt the Azure team will be calling me anytime soon :) That said, they have a… ahem.. Nice PaaS platform & 2014 is year of the PaaS!
On 11/20/13, 6:55 PM, "Musayev, Ilya" <[email protected]> wrote: >I'm naturally alergic to windows as get severe migraines within half hour >of using it. > >With that, Windows is still a very significant portion of the market and >I can't think of any open source cloud platform that runs on Windows or >cross platform. > >Considering that 99% of ACS code can run on windows it would make a lot >of sense to have Windows support - even if its "experimental" at the >early stage. > >The number of windows shops on east coast is greater than linux shops. >Thats a huge market and can be a great marketing gain for us. > >Just think of headlines and PR alone ;) > >I would have taken this on myself, but I have to much of knowledge drift >there. > >- All mistakes in this message are not mine but Android's. > > >-------- Original message -------- >From: Kelly Hair <[email protected]> >Date: 11/20/2013 5:49 PM (GMT-05:00) >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: CloudStack MS on Windows - thoughts? > > >That is true. There have been folks that have said - ³that¹s nice but we >don¹t really know Linux.² That said, I love me some Linux so keep the >Windows versions away from me :) > > > > > > >On 11/20/13, 5:42 PM, "Geoff Higginbottom" ><[email protected]> wrote: > >>I love this idea. Windows shops are very anti Linux but if we combine >>Hyper-V support with windows based management server server support, >>that's got to give open up a whole new market. >> >>Regards >> >>Geoff Higginbottom >>CTO / Cloud Architect >> >> >>D: +44 20 3603 0542<tel:+442036030542> | S: +44 20 3603 >>0540<tel:+442036030540> | M: +447968161581<tel:+447968161581> >> >>[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> >>| www.shapeblue.com<http://www.shapeblue.com> >> >>ShapeBlue Ltd, 53 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London, WC2N 4HS >> >> >> >>On 20 Nov 2013, at 23:35, "Sebastien Goasguen" >><[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> >>On Nov 20, 2013, at 5:24 PM, Geralyn Miller >><[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >>You have much to learn about Azure :) >> >> >>we are all ears >> >>From: John Kinsella [mailto:[email protected]] >>Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 2:20 PM >>To: Geralyn Miller >>Cc: >>[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> >>Subject: Re: CloudStack MS on Windows - thoughts? >> >>I was thinking of Azure as a PaaS sitting on top of ACS-managed >>infrastructure. >> >>I haven't tried this yet, but it *seems* possible... >> >>On Nov 20, 2013, at 2:12 PM, Geralyn Miller >><[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]><mailto:geral >>y >>[email protected]>> >>wrote: >> >> >>John--So, what do you mean by an "Azure cloud powered by ACS"? >>Are you referring to the IaaS capability of Azure, so basically bringing >>up ACS in a Linux VM running in Azure? >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Musayev, Ilya [mailto:[email protected]<http://webmd.net>] >>Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 8:33 AM >>To: John Kinsella; >><[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>< >>m >>ailto:[email protected]>> >>Subject: RE: CloudStack MS on Windows - thoughts? >> >>Azure PR - would be way to fun, the only caveat, I had a friend who >>worked for Azure and hence I'm strong believer if you mix Azure and ACS, >>its actually going to do more harm than good. >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: John Kinsella [mailto:[email protected]] >>Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 11:11 AM >>To: >><[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>< >>m >>ailto:[email protected]>>; Musayev, Ilya >>Subject: Re: CloudStack MS on Windows - thoughts? >> >>Seems easy enough to me (at first glance) altho SystemCenter already >>supports Xenserver (supposedly - can't say I've run it) >> >>Another fun PR stunt would be an Azure cloud powered by ACS. It's on >>my radar, but probably won't try until some time in Q1. >> >>John >> >>On Nov 19, 2013, at 5:06 AM, "Musayev, Ilya" >><[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]><mailto:[email protected]> >>> >>wrote: >> >> >>As insane as it sounds, we have a definite advantage over other >>projects >>since we are running cross platform java. >> >> >>Why not offer a Windows build as convinience? We are going to take >>Windows market share that is afraid of Linux command line (that's >>still a very significant population outside of bay area). I know for >>certain OS or Euca do not run on Windows. >> >> >>This maybe our advantage we can use as marketing and get many more >>people on board. >> >> >>Any thoughts on marketing? 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