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a cloudstack engineer makes as much as an openstack one :) > On Feb 12, 2016, at 6:26 AM, Raja Pullela <[email protected]> wrote: > > +1, hope we can get more concerted effort in talking about Cloudstack! > BTW, few users do blog consistently… but there are lot more users, who can > share their experience/case studies! > From: Tim Mackey [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, February 12, 2016 6:58 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: RightScale 2016 State of the Cloud Report > > +100 to skip the hype. > > I've always believed touting "how we compare" is disingenuous to adopters. It > assumes we aspire to be like someone else. I feel if we focus on core > strengths (the what) and highlighting what people have solved by using us > (the why), then people will start to draw their own comparisons. > > As someone who's been the face of a product the Gartner folks deem "niche" > (XenServer in case readers aren't familiar) for some years, I'm happy with > focusing on the niche and ensuring those who'e adopted XenServer are > successful as a result of that choice. Their advocacy is worth its weight in > gold, and I rather like that Apache CloudStack events have users talking > openly about their successes. I feel we need to find ways to increase the > reach of those user messages. > > -tim > > On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 7:25 PM, Chip Childers <[email protected]> > wrote: > +1 to what both Giles and Ian are saying. > > Skip the hype. Focus on real value being seen by users. Educate, don't > confuse. > > > > On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 7:22 PM, Ian Rae <[email protected]> wrote: > Absolutely Giles. With the Citrix exit from the community it is time for the > large users and commercial supporters to reboot the effort to build an Apache > CloudStack related marketing alliance. This can be done as a lean and agile > effort, and is less about having a hype machine and more about sharing > information with the world on key use cases, success stories, etc…. That > CloudStack is the dark matter of the open source cloud computing world is of > benefit to none. > > I realize most analysts and certainly much of the OpenStack community would > prefer Apache CloudStack to remain in obscurity but in the real world it has > sustainable and defensible value for use cases that OpenStack, and other > vendor driven projects are unable to effectively address. > > CloudOps has always believed the market is not an either/or proposition. We > have a responsibility to make the capabilities and key use cases widely > known, especially since the Apache Foundation cannot do it. We need to work > on this now. > > Ian > > On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 1:54 AM, Giles Sirett <[email protected]> > wrote: > Ilya - I agree 100% - this is a really good testament to the quality of our > software and the effort by this community > > Although it gauls me slightly to have to caveat everything with "despite the > marketing" and "despite the committer base" > > > We here all know that Cloudstack is the "invisible man" in this space. We all > know its in widespread adoption but it continues to not get the attention of > AN Other project > > > This can be changed, but we are a user led community. It can be changed by > our largescale users coming out and showing their public support for this > project. We also need more vendors to relaise that Cloudstack integration is > a decent route to market for their products - but that wont start until that > user community starts speaking publically > > > > Kind Regards > Giles > > > > <image002.png> > Giles Sirett > CEO > , > ShapeBlue > d: > +44 20 3603 0541 | s: +44 203 603 0540 > | > m: > +44 7961112055 > e: > [email protected] | t: > | > w: > www.shapeblue.com > a: > 53 Chandos Place, Covent Garden London WC2N 4HS UK > <image003.png> > Shape Blue Ltd is a company incorporated in England & Wales. ShapeBlue > Services India LLP is a company incorporated in India and is operated under > license from Shape Blue Ltd. Shape Blue Brasil Consultoria Ltda is a company > incorporated in Brasil and is operated under license from Shape Blue Ltd. > ShapeBlue SA Pty Ltd is a company registered by The Republic of South Africa > and is traded under license from Shape Blue Ltd. 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Please contact the sender if you > believe you have received this email in error. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ilya [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 10 February 2016 22:11 > To: [email protected] > Subject: RightScale 2016 State of the Cloud Report > > Here is the latest State of the Cloud Report > > http://assets.rightscale.com/uploads/pdfs/RightScale-2016-State-of-the-Cloud-Report.pdf > > > My thoughts: while initially, it may seem that CloudStack is about 4-7% > margin behind OpenStack, considering that: > 1) Marketing budget is at least 500 times less > 2) Active committer base is 30 times smaller > 3) Overall resources are at least 100 times less And some fairly large sized > CCP customers failed to participate in this survey. > > With limited resources we've got and numbers we showed, we are doing REALLY > WELL! I think it is a testament to job well done by everyone involved in ACS > community and beyond! > > Regards > ilya > > > > Find out more about ShapeBlue and our range of CloudStack related services: > IaaS Cloud Design & Build | CSForge – rapid IaaS deployment framework > CloudStack Consulting | CloudStack Software Engineering > CloudStack Infrastructure Support | CloudStack Bootcamp Training Courses > > > > -- > Ian Rae > CEO | PDG > c: 514.944.4008 > > CloudOps | Cloud Infrastructure and Networking Solutions > www.cloudops.com | 420 rue Guy | Montreal | Canada | H3J 1S6 > >
