Nice to hear. I would say its a good move from RH to hire you :-) , good luck and keep contributing to ceph *core features* as you already been doing.
- Karan Singh - On 19 May 2014, at 12:21, Wido den Hollander <w...@42on.com> wrote: > On 05/19/2014 10:46 AM, Loic Dachary wrote: >> Hi Ceph, >> >> TL;DR: I'm starting a new position at RedHat in the Ceph development team, >> mid-august. I will keep working under the newly elected head of the Ceph >> User Committee. >> >> Cloudwatt is a company based in France which provides cloud services. My >> participation in Ceph (and erasure code specifically) was driven by their >> need for cheaper storage. I'm extremely grateful for the opportunity >> Cloudwatt gave me to exclusively work upstream. Now that Firefly is released >> and packaged, Cloudwatt will be able to deploy it in production and indeed >> save money. A lot more money than my salary, which is a sign of a sound >> relationship. There still is work to be done and I'll focus on pyramid codes >> for Giant. After that I'm not sure but I trust Samuel Just will find ways to >> keep me busy. >> >> When RedHat acquired Inktank my first reaction was : "Calamari will be Free >> Software, no more proprietary software !". The Atlanta OpenStack summit was >> the opportunity to discuss the consequences of the acquisition with dozens >> of people and I've not heard anyone say it was bad for the Ceph project. >> However I've heard about four problems worth considering: a) communication >> about the Ceph project is going to be driven by RedHat marketing b) there is >> no incentive for RedHat to establish a foundation, c) RedHat has much less >> incentive than Inktank to support multiple GNU/Linux distributions, d) >> Inktank customers are worried about the transition and need to be reassured. >> >> I also selfishly thought that RedHat/Inktank became a very appealing >> workplace. I'm committed to exclusively work on Free Software and RedHat is >> one of the few companies in the world where that is possible. I discussed it >> with Ian Colle & Sage Weil, sent a job application and was accepted. Since >> I've been working with the core team for some time now, it will not change >> much in terms of what I do. But one difference matters to me : I will get to >> hear about a variety of Ceph use cases that were previously kept secret >> because Inktank would not discuss about their customers with an external >> contributor. >> > > Congratulations Loic! > >> The downside of being hired by RedHat is that I'm no longer a community >> member and my judgment will be biased. I'm told RedHat employees are >> encouraged to have their own opinion and express them as I just did. But no >> matter how hard I try, I will gradually become less objective about the >> company paying my salary: it is the root of all conflicts of interest. To >> acknowledge that and keep working for the Ceph User Committee, I will not be >> a candidate to the next elections. I however pledge to assist the newly >> elected head of the Ceph User Committee, i.e. doing what I've done so far, >> only without the title nor the authority. >> > > I very much appreciate that you are brave enough to admit this yourself. > Indeed, your vision on certain things will be 'clouded' ;) by the company who > is paying your salary, but that's logical as well. > > Good luck at Red Hat and keep improving Ceph! > >> Cheers >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ceph-users mailing list >> ceph-users@lists.ceph.com >> http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.com >> > > > -- > Wido den Hollander > 42on B.V. > Ceph trainer and consultant > > Phone: +31 (0)20 700 9902 > Skype: contact42on > _______________________________________________ > ceph-users mailing list > ceph-users@lists.ceph.com > http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.com
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