I agree. I think Citrix ramped down the activity in the last year+ as well (i can only assume it was due to pending sale), hopefully Accelerite folks will bring new energy...
On 1/12/16 11:05 PM, Wei ZHOU wrote: > Thanks Citrix for the large contributions ! > > As far as I know, some core members left Citrix in the last two years. I > think this deal does not have big impact for us. > > -Wei > > > 2016-01-12 17:20 GMT+01:00 Sebastien Goasguen <run...@gmail.com>: > >> Hi everyone (cross-posting), >> >> Yesterday Citrix announced that it sold its CloudPlatform business to >> Accelerite from Persistent Systems [1] >> >> As you know CloudPlatform is Citrix’s commercial distribution of Apache >> CloudStack. I wanted to share a few thoughts on what this means for >> CloudStack. >> >> One of the core tenet of the Apache Software Foundation is non-affiliation >> to companies, as such all of us on these lists participate and contribute >> to CloudStack as individuals. While the majority of us who are contributing >> daily to CloudStack are actually doing it as part of our day jobs we still >> voice our opinions as individuals and companies do not (and should not) >> have influence on what we do. This is one of the things that makes ASF >> great. This is also one of the reasons why the ASF and us as a project >> will not comment on this announcement. It is Citrix’s business, not ours. >> >> That said, Citrix gave CloudStack to the ASF back in 2012 and contributed >> heavily in the early days to its development and maintenance. We should be >> thankful to Citrix for donating this software and helping the community >> grow. Giving it to the ASF was also the move that allows us to keep on >> going like “business” as usual. We as a project do not depend on Citrix. >> Hence Citrix selling its CloudPlatform business does not change our day to >> day. >> >> Over the years it is fair to say that Citrix involvement through the many >> individuals participating on these lists as diminished, with the vast >> majority of the work now carried on by others. If we were to do a ASF >> “faux-pas” and actually check affiliation of the folks that are doing most >> of the development and release work, we would see other companies than >> Citrix. Companies offering CloudStack services but also and mostly >> CloudStack users, a few doing it as a hobby and most because their company >> uses it. This is open source at its core, folks using a software, loving >> it, loving their peers, and contributing back for the benefit of everyone. >> >> It is impossible for me to say what Accelerite will do, I have had no >> contact with them so far and did not know this sale was coming. Neither do >> I know what will happen to all the fine Citrix engineers that were still >> working on CloudStack. Whatever they do, I wish them the best and thank >> them for the dedication to our project over the years. Early indication >> from the press release seems to indicate that Accelerite will engage with >> us. If they do, we will welcome them like any contributors to an ASF >> project. With openness, transparency and respect (the Apache way). >> >> I do want to mention that I think this may be an opportunity for >> CloudStack. Observers might think that our project is dead because of >> Citrix selling its business, but they would be mis-informed about the >> nature of ASF projects. I actually believe the contrary and think this will >> be a time where more users and potentially companies will engage more >> actively. They will see that the route to a successful Cloud is through >> engaging and becoming part of our community. They will also finally stop >> thinking that CloudStack is a Citrix product and that might be the kicker >> that brings them on board. >> >> Finally, being a technical guy, I like to focus on technical things. We >> have done some great strides over the past 8 months, we have stabilized >> CloudStack and are now releasing faster than ever, we have dockerized, we >> have pluginized, we have had several events... In september we will go to >> Brazil for CCC. Brazil is seeing a huge growth in CloudStack adoption. >> >> We still have a ton to do, from removing technical debt, fixing security >> issues, improving packaging, making CloudStack ever more easier to develop >> and use. This has not changed. We have some very important discussions >> going on around LTS and GitHub hosting. If anything I think the container >> movement is a bigger threat to our project than Citrix’s announcement. As >> companies start to embrace the container ecosystem and building >> containerized applications, what happens to CloudStack ? How does >> CloudStack work in a container world ? The same question are valid for >> OpenStack by the way, I just don’t buy into the Magnum effort, but I >> digress :) >> >> So thank you Citrix, we hope to welcome Accelerite and let’s keep on >> Stacking, >> >> [1] >> https://www.citrix.com/blogs/2016/01/11/a-new-home-accelerite-to-acquire-cloudplatform/ >> >> -Sebastien >> VP Apache CloudStack >
