Is it bad that the first thing I thought of when I read the subject was the Netflix Chaos Monkey? I thought this was going to be about adopting fault testing features into CloudStack. :-)
http://techblog.netflix.com/2012/07/chaos-monkey-released-into-wild.html On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 9:48 AM, Ahmad Emneina <ahmad.emne...@citrix.com> wrote: > +1 > > Cant wait to see more monkeys easing the provisioning in the cloud. > > Ahmad > > On Oct 26, 2012, at 7:59 AM, "Chip Childers" <chip.child...@sungard.com> > wrote: > >> On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Joe Brockmeier <j...@zonker.net> wrote: >>> Howdy all, >>> >>> So - this is a discussion that we need to have, but I've been holding >>> off on starting because it seemed fairly trivial in the face of all the >>> work going on towards 4.0.0-incubating. >>> >>> We seem to be at a good place with regards to 4.0.0-incubating, so while >>> we're waiting for a few more votes - let's discuss. >>> >>> Earlier this year, Citrix held a mascot contest: >>> http://www.cloudstackmascot.org/ >>> >>> The winner is the "Monkey King" inspired by the Chinese novel/story >>> "Journey to the West". You can see it at the mascot site. >>> >>> The question is, do we actually want to adopt this for the Apache >>> project? >> >> +1 - Monkeys are always the right way to go. >> >> For the record, this is the specific image in question: >> http://www.cloudstackmascot.org/images4/cloud_monkey_winner.png >> >>> If the answer is "yes," the next step is to actually do the >>> legwork/legal work to make sure that it'd be suitable for us to use. If >>> anyone knows of any conflicting trademarks or whatnot, that could make >>> the decision for us - but otherwise, I'd suggest we discuss the first >>> question and then take on the legal question. >>> >>> Thoughts, comments, flames? >>> >>> (The kitten riding the unicorn over a rainbow will, of course, remain an >>> unofficial mascot. http://dissociatedpress.net/uploads/) >>> -- >>> Joe Brockmeier >>> j...@zonker.net >>> Twitter: @jzb >>> http://www.dissociatedpress.net/ >>>
