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On Wed, Mar 20, 2019, at 08:08, Rohit Yadav wrote:
> Fantastic. Thanks Sally and everyone!
> 
> Regards. 
> 
> Regards,
> Rohit Yadav

> [email protected] 
>  www.shapeblue.com
> @shapeblue
> 

> 

> 
> *From:* Sally Khudairi <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 20, 2019 3:42:17 PM
> *To:* Rohit Yadav; Pierre-Luc Dion; Apache CloudStack Marketing
> *Cc:* ASF Marketing & Publicity
> *Subject:* Re: [Review] CloudMonkey v6.0.0 release announcement review 
> request 
> 
> Hello everyone --as promised, we are live:
> 
>  - GlobeNewswire 
> http://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/03/20/1757591/0/en/The-Apache-Software-Foundation-Announces-Apache-CloudMonkey-v6-0.html
>  - ASF "Foundation" Blog https://s.apache.org/aznB
>  - @TheASF on Twitter https://twitter.com/TheASF/status/1108307949745778689
>  - The ASF on LinkedIn 
> https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-apache-software-foundation
> 
> ...plus to [email protected] and our dedicated media/analyst list. This will 
> appear on the apache.org homepage and archives within the hour.
> 
> Thank you all for your help, and congratulations on this milestone! 
> 
> Warmly,
> Sally
> 
> 
> - - -
> Vice President Marketing & Publicity
> Vice President Sponsor Relations
> The Apache Software Foundation
> 
> Tel +1 617 921 8656 | [email protected]
> 
> 
> On Tue, Mar 19, 2019, at 17:56, Rohit Yadav wrote:
>> Hi Sally,
>> 
>> Given we've what we needed, I'm okay for the announcement tomorrow. Thanks. 
>> 
>> Regards. 
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Rohit Yadav
>> 

>> [email protected] 
>>  www.shapeblue.com
>> @shapeblue
>> 
>> 

>> 

>> 
>> *From:* Sally Khudairi <[email protected]>
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 19, 2019 11:23:50 PM
>> *To:* Rohit Yadav; Pierre-Luc Dion; Apache CloudStack Marketing
>> *Subject:* Re: [Review] CloudMonkey v6.0.0 release announcement review 
>> request
>> 
>> Beautiful! Thank you, PIerre-Luc!
>> 
>> Question: may I write out "less than second" or "under a second" vs. "0.5s"? 
>> It would be OK if written, but as these are considered spoken quotes, it 
>> might read oddly as "oh-point-five-ess", if you know what I mean <g>
>> 
>> This is excellent. We have a well-written announcement, with enough 
>> community support to send the right message that reinforces that Apache 
>> CloudStack stable, reliable, dependable, and here to stay.
>> 
>> So back to you, Rohit: shall we announce tomorrow? If so, I'll lock in the 
>> copy in a few hours.
>> 
>> Warm thanks, everyone, for your help here. It really makes a difference!
>> 
>> - - -
>> Vice President Marketing & Publicity
>> Vice President Sponsor Relations
>> The Apache Software Foundation
>> 
>> Tel +1 617 921 8656 | [email protected]
>> 
>> 
>> On Tue, Mar 19, 2019, at 13:36, Rohit Yadav wrote:
>>> Great, thanks PL!

>>> 

>>> Sally, I've added Pierre-Luc's quote on the draft and also fixed a blog 
>>> URL. I think we've good set of quotes now. Kindly review, thanks.

>>> 

>>> Regards,

>>> Rohit Yadav

>>> Software Architect, ShapeBlue

>>> https://www.shapeblue.com
>>> 

>>> 

>>> [email protected] 
>>>  www.shapeblue.com
>>> @shapeblue
>>> 
>>> 

>>> 

>>> 
>>> *From:* Pierre-Luc Dion <[email protected]>
>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 19, 2019 10:40:51 PM
>>> *To:* [email protected]
>>> *Cc:* Rohit Yadav
>>> *Subject:* Re: [Review] CloudMonkey v6.0.0 release announcement review 
>>> request
>>> 
>>> if I may contribute as a cloudmonkey fan and long timer user: 
>>> 
>>> Pierre-Luc Dion, cloud architect at cloud.ca: "CloudMonkey is now written 
>>> in Golang, and with version 6.0 loading speed has been drastically improved 
>>> (accessing the CLI in under 0.5s). This simplifies installation, 
>>> deployments, updates, and operational efficiency."
>>> 
>>> Python version used to take 15s to load on my side ! 
>>> 
>>> PL
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 12:29 PM Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> __
>>>> OK, so we have a few adjustments to the quotes. Two from vendors, and two 
>>>> from the Apache CloudStack community.
>>>> 
>>>> I've added a teeny tweak to the sub-head ("faster/easier").
>>>> 
>>>> We'd like the blog post to be referenceable from  apache.org, if at all 
>>>> possible.
>>>> 
>>>> Once that's in place, we can announce. As early as Wednesday <g>
>>>> 
>>>> Kind thanks,
>>>> Sally
>>>> 
>>>> - - -
>>>> Vice President Marketing & Publicity
>>>> Vice President Sponsor Relations
>>>> The Apache Software Foundation
>>>> 
>>>> Tel +1 617 921 8656 | [email protected]
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Tue, Mar 19, 2019, at 11:28, Sally Khudairi wrote:
>>>>> ...two minutes later ...
>>>>> 
>>>>> "Apache CloudStack is a significant part of our Cloud portfolio right now 
>>>>> – we run large deployments all over the world, often supporting critical 
>>>>> customer applications. CloudMonkey is an invaluable tool for interacting 
>>>>> with CloudStack-based clouds, and it's the go-to tool that we recommend 
>>>>> to our customers when they want to use command-line interaction with our 
>>>>> CloudStack platforms." --Robert van der Meulen, Product Strategy Lead, 
>>>>> Leaseweb Global B.V.
>>>>> 
>>>>> :-D
>>>>> 
>>>>> I've got a draft at 
>>>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/14ER9WcNpHjsZBjHV0dL0J6InTDPfhFZmhHFnpr1XyV8/edit?usp=sharing
>>>>> 
>>>>> Is Andrija a member of the PMC? We can work around this, possibly.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Many thanks.
>>>>> 
>>>>> - - -
>>>>> Vice President Marketing & Publicity
>>>>> Vice President Sponsor Relations
>>>>> The Apache Software Foundation
>>>>> 
>>>>> Tel +1 617 921 8656 | [email protected]
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Tue, Mar 19, 2019, at 11:17, Sally Khudairi wrote:
>>>>>> Thank you, but we also need some diversity here, please. 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The ASF is vendor-neutral and does not include multiple quotes from a 
>>>>>> single vendor. Right now we only have testimonials from folks employed 
>>>>>> by ShapeBlue.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> How is it that we cannot find a single other user to participate?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> @Rohit, I'd like us to consider holding off on announcing this until 
>>>>>> Monday. Let's give folks a chance to respond to the request.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Is there a reason to rush this out for tomorrow? It's not CloudStack 
>>>>>> itself, and it's been a few years since the last major release, so there 
>>>>>> *should* be a bit of wiggle room here.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Your thoughts on this?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Sally
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> - - -
>>>>>> Vice President Marketing & Publicity
>>>>>> Vice President Sponsor Relations
>>>>>> The Apache Software Foundation
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Tel +1 617 921 8656 | [email protected]
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Tue, Mar 19, 2019, at 11:14, Rohit Yadav wrote:
>>>>>>> Thanks Andrija. (add Sally on the thread) 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Kindly include Andrija's quote as well, for reference see the quote 
>>>>>>> below. Thanks. 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>> Rohit Yadav
>>>>>>> 

>>>>>>> [email protected] 
>>>>>>> www.shapeblue.com
>>>>>>> @shapeblue
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 

>>>>>>> 

>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> *From:* Andrija Panic <[email protected]>
>>>>>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 19, 2019 6:26:45 PM
>>>>>>> *To:* [email protected]
>>>>>>> *Subject:* RE: [Review] CloudMonkey v6.0.0 release announcement review 
>>>>>>> request
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hi Sally,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Incoming.... :
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Andrija Panic, who recently joined ShapeBlue as a Cloud Architect, 
>>>>>>> said: "After many years of managing a production CloudStack 
>>>>>>> deployments, I consider CloudMonkey a core tool in anyone's CloudStack 
>>>>>>> toolkit, and now also being available for Windows makes me really 
>>>>>>> happy. I can certainly see a major speed improvements, but also having 
>>>>>>> backward compatibility is what is so great with this new release."
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> [email protected] 
>>>>>>> www.shapeblue.com
>>>>>>> Amadeus House, Floral Street, London WC2E 9DPUK
>>>>>>> @shapeblue
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>> From: Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> 
>>>>>>> Sent: 19 March 2019 13:33
>>>>>>> To: Giles Sirett <[email protected]>; Apache CloudStack 
>>>>>>> Marketing <[email protected]>
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Review] CloudMonkey v6.0.0 release announcement review 
>>>>>>> request
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Thanks, Giles. This is great.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Ideally we'll have a quote from at least one other user... :-D
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I can ask someone from the CloudStack community if they can help. Not 
>>>>>>> sure of their availability due to time zones, but I'll keep you posted.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Warm regards,
>>>>>>> Sally
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> - - -
>>>>>>> Vice President Marketing & Publicity
>>>>>>> Vice President Sponsor Relations
>>>>>>> The Apache Software Foundation
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Tel +1 617 921 8656 | [email protected]
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Tue, Mar 19, 2019, at 05:23, Giles Sirett wrote:
>>>>>>> > Guys, if you want/need a quote:
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > Giles Sirett, CEO of ShapeBlue commented "Cloudmonkey is a effective 
>>>>>>> > tool for the operators of Cloudstack environments and it becomes 
>>>>>>> > essential in large-scale Cloudstack deployments. Its great to see 
>>>>>>> > this 
>>>>>>> > new version of cloudmonkey: having a CLI that can run on Windows 
>>>>>>> > desktops as well as linux and Mac is important as we see more 
>>>>>>> > enterise 
>>>>>>> > adoption of Apache Cloudstack"
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > Kind regards
>>>>>>> > Giles
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > [email protected]
>>>>>>> > www.shapeblue.com
>>>>>>> > Amadeus House, Floral Street, London WC2E 9DPUK @shapeblue
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>> > From: Rohit Yadav <[email protected]>
>>>>>>> > Sent: 19 March 2019 07:37
>>>>>>> > To: Sally Khudairi <[email protected]>;  [email protected]; 
>>>>>>> > Apache 
>>>>>>> > CloudStack Marketing <[email protected]>;
>>>>>>> > [email protected]
>>>>>>> > Subject: Re: [Review] CloudMonkey v6.0.0 release announcement review 
>>>>>>> > request
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > Hi Sally,
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > Thanks for reviews, please proceed with the changes you've advised.
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > While I've requested people already for their quotes, we don't have 
>>>>>>> > any so far. I've reached out to PMCs again today, so please include 
>>>>>>> > any quotes if they do arrive on this thread (on marketing@ ML).
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > I think let's lock on the date, 20th March 2019. After you can 
>>>>>>> > confirm 
>>>>>>> > the announcement, I'll send the email to various lists and put the 
>>>>>>> > same on cloudstack asf blog.
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > Regards,
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > Rohit Yadav
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > Software Architect, ShapeBlue
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > https://www.shapeblue.com
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > ________________________________
>>>>>>> > From: Sally Khudairi <[email protected]>
>>>>>>> > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 5:46:17 AM
>>>>>>> > To: Rohit Yadav; [email protected]; Apache CloudStack 
>>>>>>> > Marketing; [email protected]
>>>>>>> > Subject: Re: [Review] CloudMonkey v6.0.0 release announcement review 
>>>>>>> > request
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > Hello again, Rohit --following up on this:
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > - we need a headline and subhead; how about
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache(r) CloudMonkey(r) v6.0
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > Popular Open Source Command Line Interface Tool Simplifies Apache 
>>>>>>> > CloudStack Configuration and Management
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > - we'll need to update the ASF boilerplate. I can do that on my end.
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > If we're aiming to announce on 20 March, we'll need to lock in the 
>>>>>>> > copy no later than 6PM ET (UTC -5) on Tuesday 19 March. Do you have 
>>>>>>> > additional testimonials to include?
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > Are there any outstanding issues that I can help with?
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > Kind thanks,
>>>>>>> > Sally
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > - - -
>>>>>>> > Vice President Marketing & Publicity
>>>>>>> > Vice President Sponsor Relations
>>>>>>> > The Apache Software Foundation
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > Tel +1 617 921 8656 | [email protected]
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > [email protected]
>>>>>>> > www.shapeblue.com
>>>>>>> > Amadeus House, Floral Street, London WC2E 9DPUK @shapeblue
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > On Thu, Mar 14, 2019, at 04:56, Rohit Yadav wrote:
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > All,
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > Kindly review the release announcement for CloudMonkey v6.0.0, and 
>>>>>>> > also share your quotes/comments that we can use in the release wrt 
>>>>>>> > cloudmonkey v6.0:
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > ### START ###
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > <Date: 20 March 2019> - The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the 
>>>>>>> > all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of more than 350 
>>>>>>> > Open Source projects and initiatives, announced today Apache(r)
>>>>>>> > CloudStack(r) CloudMonkey v6.0, the latest version of the turnkey 
>>>>>>> > enterprise Cloud orchestration platform's command line interface tool.
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > Apache CloudStack is the proven, highly scalable, and easy-to-deploy 
>>>>>>> > IaaS platform used for rapidly creating private, public, and hybrid 
>>>>>>> > Cloud environments. Thousands of large-scale public Cloud providers 
>>>>>>> > and enterprise organizations use Apache CloudStack to enable billions 
>>>>>>> > of dollars worth of business transactions annually across their 
>>>>>>> > clouds.
>>>>>>> > Apache CloudMonkey v6.0.0 is the latest major release since the 
>>>>>>> > previous major 5.x release in September 2013. CloudMonkey v6.0.0 is a 
>>>>>>> > rewrite of the original tool in Go programming language, and can be 
>>>>>>> > used both as an interactive shell and as a command line tool that 
>>>>>>> > simplifies CloudStack configuration and management.
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > Some of the new features and major changes include:
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > * Rewrite in Go, ships as single binary for Linux, Mac, and Windows
>>>>>>> > * Drop-in replacement for legacy Python-based cloudmonkey
>>>>>>> > * About 5-20x faster than legacy Python-based cloudmonkey
>>>>>>> > * Interactive UX for parameter and arg completion and selection
>>>>>>> > * JSON is the default output format
>>>>>>> > * New column based output
>>>>>>> > * Enable debug mode using set debug true option, file-based logging 
>>>>>>> > removed
>>>>>>> > * Per server profile based API cache
>>>>>>> > * New syntax arg=@/path/to/file to pass the content of file as API 
>>>>>>> > argument value similar to curl
>>>>>>> > * Improve help docs using -h argument
>>>>>>> > * Removed: XML output, coloured output, several set options
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > "This release is the work of over one year of effort and driven by 
>>>>>>> > the 
>>>>>>> > people operating CloudStack clouds," said Rohit Yadav, Apache 
>>>>>>> > CloudStack CloudMonkey v6.0 author, and release manager. "I would 
>>>>>>> > like 
>>>>>>> > to thank the contributors across all of these organizations for 
>>>>>>> > supporting this release, which reflects both the user-driven nature 
>>>>>>> > of 
>>>>>>> > our community and the Apache CloudStack project's commitment to 
>>>>>>> > continue to be the most stable, easily deployable, scalable Open 
>>>>>>> > Source platform for IaaS. Along with ease of installation, usage and 
>>>>>>> > availability of cross-platform dependency-free builds including 
>>>>>>> > Windows builds, v6.0 brings many changes and optimizations such as 
>>>>>>> > more interactive shell for parameter completion, faster API requests 
>>>>>>> > processing, server profile specific API caching, improved API help 
>>>>>>> > docs and a new syntax to pass content of files as API parameter 
>>>>>>> > argument."
>>>>>>> > The background and story of v6.0 effort was recently blogged here: 
>>>>>>> >  https://www.shapeblue.com/whats-coming-in-the-new-cloudmonkey-6-0/
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > <stick more quotes from community members, kindly share your 
>>>>>>> > comments!>
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > Downloads and Documentation
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > The official source code for CloudMonkey v6.0.0 can be downloaded 
>>>>>>> > from 
>>>>>>> > http://cloudstack.apache.org/downloads.html. The community-maintained 
>>>>>>> > builds are available at the project's Github release page at 
>>>>>>> > https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-cloudmonkey/releases
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > CloudMonkey's usage is documented at
>>>>>>> > https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-cloudmonkey/wiki
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > Availability and Oversight
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > Apache CloudStack software is released under the Apache License v2.0 
>>>>>>> > and is overseen by a self-selected team of active contributors to the 
>>>>>>> > project. A Project Management Committee (PMC) guides the Project's 
>>>>>>> > day-to-day operations, including community development and product 
>>>>>>> > releases. For downloads, documentation, and ways to become involved 
>>>>>>> > with Apache CloudStack, visit http://cloudstack.apache.org/ and 
>>>>>>> > https://twitter.com/CloudStack
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > About The Apache Software Foundation (ASF)
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > Established in 1999, the all-volunteer Foundation oversees more than
>>>>>>> > 350 leading Open Source projects, including Apache HTTP Server --the 
>>>>>>> > world's most popular Web server software. Through the ASF's 
>>>>>>> > meritocratic process known as "The Apache Way," more than 680 
>>>>>>> > individual Members and 6,500 Committers across six continents 
>>>>>>> > successfully collaborate to develop freely available enterprise-grade 
>>>>>>> > software, benefiting millions of users worldwide: thousands of 
>>>>>>> > software solutions are distributed under the Apache License; and the 
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>>>>>>> > Hat, Target, Union Investment, and Yahoo. For more information, visit 
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>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > (c) The Apache Software Foundation. "Apache", "CloudStack", "Apache 
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>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > ### END ###
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > Regards,
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > Rohit Yadav
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > Software Architect, ShapeBlue
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > https://www.shapeblue.com
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > [email protected]
>>>>>>> > www.shapeblue.com
>>>>>>> > @shapeblue
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>> 
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