Yep thanks Will. As a formerly-quite-technical founder I'm always amazed at the difference between what is actually true and what the market perceives. Cloud computing as a whole suffers greatly from this challenge (primarily thanks to "cloud washing"). Sometimes I refer to CloudStack as the dark matter of cloud computing, vitally important but not too easy to detect with all the other heat and light happening. There is a big opportunity in making it more accessible, that said it doesn't mean we have to compromise on what it is.
On Thursday, March 5, 2015, Will Stevens <wstev...@cloudops.com> wrote: > I don't think that Ian was suggesting that we get rid of that wording > completely. I think he was saying that we could supplement that message > with some more interesting marketing that will better illustrate the value > proposition of ACS and how it is differentiated. > > Will > > > *Will STEVENS* > Lead Developer > > *CloudOps* *| *Cloud Solutions Experts > 420 rue Guy *|* Montreal *|* Quebec *|* H3J 1S6 > w cloudops.com *|* tw @CloudOps_ > > On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 4:46 PM, Sally Khudairi < > sallykhuda...@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote: > > > NOT SO FAST. > > Whilst it's old hat to us, it's still relevant. > > Per the 2015 Linux Jobs Report published yesterday: > > "The rise of open cloud platforms is creating even more demand for Linux > > professionals with the right expertise. Forty-two percent of hiring > > managers say that experience in OpenStack and CloudStack will have a > major > > impact on their hiring decisions..." > > > > So I think it _is_ important that we keep "Open Source Cloud Computing", > > but perhaps augment to more closely align with our "Just Works" and > related > > campaigns/taglines. > > Whilst we may need a bit of Botox, it's not necessary to have a complete > > overhaul. > > Thanks for including us in the dialogue, Ian <g> > > Cheers,Sally > > From: Ian Rae <i...@cloudops.com <javascript:;>> > > To: "dev@cloudstack.apache.org <javascript:;>" < > dev@cloudstack.apache.org <javascript:;>> > > Cc: "us...@cloudstack.apache.org <javascript:;>" < > us...@cloudstack.apache.org <javascript:;>>; " > > market...@cloudstack.apache.org <javascript:;>" < > market...@cloudstack.apache.org <javascript:;>> > > Sent: Thursday, 5 March 2015, 11:41 > > Subject: Re: or website > > > > Recommend we start with the purpose of the website. If only informational > > and logistics, documentation and code then perhaps it doesn't matter. > But I > > think there is a greater purpose. > > I would argue it not only represents our project and community, but > > communicates our project and community to the rest of the world and to > some > > extent aligns the community itself. > > So I agree with Seb that having a modern, professional, ideally > attractive > > design is very important. Equally important that the vision, mission of > the > > community be clear and accessible, and ideally, exciting! What problem > does > > CloudStack solve better than anything else? Does it solve it in the way > the > > market is looking for (i.e. costs nothing for a complete product that > works > > out of box, vendor neutral, runs easily and reliably and can be upgraded > > for long term supportability). > > Today if you glance at the site you see "Open Source Cloud Computing". > I'm > > not sure that's very helpful in an age where everything is moving to open > > source and cloud computing no longer seems to mean in the market what it > > did in 2008 (pretty much every web or mobile app or hosting services > seems > > to be "cloud"). > > Cross posting this discussion to marketing, hopefully this can intersect > > with renewed investment by the community members to make CloudStack more > > accessible to the rest of the world and thus bring more participants to > the > > community. > > Ian > > On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 11:22 AM, Rohit Yadav <rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com > <javascript:;>> > > wrote: > > > > Hi Sebastien, > > > > I really like the initiative, while cms.apache.org is handy I think the > > gh-pages repo looks neat plus we can continue to use git and not archaic > > svn :) > > > > I think we can then perhaps have an automated way to build the gh-pages > > branch and copy the htmls to cms etc. Should we also use Jekyll based > > website since the link (http://apache.github.io/cloudstack/) will be > > built automatically by Github (need to confirm, if it allows for > non-master > > branches)? I’ve some Jekyll based experience, my website too is hosted on > > Github and uses Jekyll. > > > > > On 05-Mar-2015, at 8:01 pm, Sebastien Goasguen <run...@gmail.com > <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > The website has been bugging me greatly, it's not up to par with > today's > > website and does not portray our project in a good way. > > > > > > I decided to try something quick. I created a gh-pages branch in our > > repo, orphaned from the rest of the code based and pushed that. > > > It shows up on github due to the mirroring: > > > > > > https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/tree/gh-pages > > > > > > And it builds: > > > > > > https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/tree/gh-pages > > > > > > I believe that's nice, it allows us to keep the website under ASF root > > repo but the mirroring allows us to use github pages. > > > That means we can take pull requests to build our website instead of > > using svn or the apache CMS. > > > > > > Any amazing web designer on these lists who wants to take a crack at a > > modern design for cloudstack ? > > > > > > thanks, > > > > > > -sebastien > > > > Regards, > > Rohit Yadav > > Software Architect, ShapeBlue > > M. +91 88 262 30892 | rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com <javascript:;> > > Blog: bhaisaab.org | Twitter: @_bhaisaab > > > > > > > > Find out more about ShapeBlue and our range of CloudStack related > services > > > > IaaS Cloud Design & Build< > > http://shapeblue.com/iaas-cloud-design-and-build//> > > CSForge – rapid IaaS deployment framework<http://shapeblue.com/csforge/> > > CloudStack Consulting<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-consultancy/> > > CloudStack Software Engineering< > > http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-software-engineering/> > > CloudStack Infrastructure Support< > > http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-infrastructure-support/> > > CloudStack Bootcamp Training Courses< > > http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-training/> > > > > This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended > > solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. 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