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Openstack: Open source cloud computing software

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Re: Openstack: Open source cloud computing software

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Post by jacquesm »

What a great move by rackspace.

That's very impressive, they're essentially risking enabling their competition by doing this and still they've done it.

This actually will allow the development of 'micro clouds', a thing I wrote about a while back because I don't like the centralization issues of clouds for a number of reasons and use cases.

http://jacquesmattheij.com/node/37

Getting rid of vendor lock-in is also fantastic.

Re: Openstack: Open source cloud computing software

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Post by justinsb »

I attended the design summit, and I believe this is going to be a really big deal.

Whether it's a big hosting company running a public cloud, a corporate running a private cloud, or a smaller dev/test cloud, they can now all run the same free software stack, and software can move freely between those environments. It's clear this announcement will have ripple effects throughout the entire cloud ecosystem. I hope the project will also boost adoption of cloud-style infrastructures, now that the fear of supplier lock-in is removed.

Re: Openstack: Open source cloud computing software

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Post by chrismsnz »

jacquesm wrote: post #3

What a great move by rackspace. That's very impressive, they're essentially risking enabling their competition by doing this and still they've done it. This actually will allow the development of 'micro clouds', a thing I wrote about a while back because I don't like the centralization issues of clouds for a number of reasons and use cases. http://jacquesmattheij.com/node/37 Getting rid of vendor lock-in is also fant…

It was touched on in the article, but allowing the actual plumbing of a cloud to become commodity, it allows them to focus on their core business: managed hosting.

Along with other benefits such as a developer community around their infrastructure and ease of friction around moving cloud hosting providers (i.e. Vendor lock-in) makes this a clear win and an excellent move by Rackspace.

Re: Openstack: Open source cloud computing software

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Post by jacquesm »

chrismsnz wrote: post #8
jacquesm wrote: post #3

What a great move by rackspace. That's very impressive, they're essentially risking enabling their competition by doing this and still they've done it. This actually will allow the development of 'micro clouds', a thing I wrote about a while back because I don't like the centralization issues of clouds for a number of reasons and use cases. http://jacquesmattheij.com/node/37 Getting rid of vendor lock-in is also fant…

It was touched on in the article, but allowing the actual plumbing of a cloud to become commodity, it allows them to focus on their core business: managed hosting. Along with other benefits such as a developer community around their infrastructure and ease of friction around moving cloud hosting providers (i.e. Vendor lock-in) makes this a clear win and an excellent move by Rackspace.

This could very well be the biggest announcement of something being open-sourced made this year. I wonder if Amazon will make a comparable countermove or if they will join. (Or ignore it altogether, unlikely).

Re: Openstack: Open source cloud computing software

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Post by dotBen »

I'm sad RackSpace chose to market this effort under the term "Open Stack".

A number of us in the open web community have used that term to a great extent to talk about OpenID + OAuth + Portable Contacts + Open Social (http://therealmccrea.com/2008/09/19/joseph-smarr-at-web-20-o...)

Admittedly the initiative has lost momentum (for many reasons and factors) but things are still out there. This just creates confusion and branding collision.

I notice RackSpace is pushing a "TM" on their OpenStack branding, which calls into issue anyone using the term for it's prior and original meaning.

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