And we could simply ignore all this, as there was never any actual intent to assume an analogous situation. It was a flip comment. That's all. Please stop reading more into things, and escalating discussions.
Have fun. Move along. -g On Apr 4, 2012 11:47 AM, "Mohammad Nour El-Din" <nour.moham...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi... > > On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 5:05 PM, Dave Fisher <dave2w...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > > > On Apr 3, 2012, at 1:31 PM, Jim Jagielski wrote: > > > > > > > > On Apr 3, 2012, at 3:27 PM, Andreas Kuckartz wrote: > > > > > >> On 03.04.2012 20:10, Jim Jagielski wrote: > > >> > > >>> Oh come on... 1st of all, it's a joke. > > >> > > >> One I do not find funny at all. > > > > > > You should have. It was funny. Maybe you need a > > > funny bone transplant? > > > > > >> > > >>> And 2ndly, people could complain that we should > > >>> refuse the donation and force them to > > >>> put all their code/energies into OpenStack... > > >> > > >> CloudStack and OpenStack seem to be complementary and they use the > same > > >> license. I expect collaboration between these projects to increase not > > >> decrease. > > >> > > > > > > LO and AOOo are complementary and they are setup so that > > > code can move in a very Pro-LO direction. I would like > > > collaboration between these projects to increase not > > > decrease. > > > > There is a post on Wired that discusses the split between CloudStack and > > OpenStack. [1] > > > > Regards, > > Dave > > > > [1] http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/04/citrix-cloudstack/ > > > I read that link and IMHO: > > 1- I believe there is no problem that Citrix didn't find it self in > OpenStack community and they looked into other open source communities into > which they can invest their expertise and technology and also invest in > building a community around that by donating that code to ASF > > 2- These kinds of splits I believe it happens all the time and no harm > about it at all more specifically it has been mentioned that the split was > a clean one and no problems emerged as a consequence > > 3- I don't think at all that donating CloudStack to ASF can be looked at as > starting a *war* between open source cloud stacks in a bad way, on contrary > I believe that different open source communities compete among each other > in the good meaning of the word which is the main engine behind open source > innovation that each community tries to produce the best they can > > 4- If what is said is that article and other related articles is true [1], > that CloudStack is more mature and stable than OpenStack, then I believe > that is good for ASF to have CloudStack > > Referrals to AOO and problems and challenges happened at that time as > accepting the donation of such big project, I think we now have a better > opportunity to deal better with the case of CloudStack because we can learn > from what happened back at the time of AOO > > That said I believe it is better to focus on the proposal and the > challenges we have when/if accepting CloudStack, which I believe that we > should accept such proposal > > [1] - > > http://blogs.gartner.com/lydia_leong/2012/04/03/citrix-cloudstack-openstack-and-the-war-for-open-source-clouds/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > > > > > > -- > Thanks > - Mohammad Nour > ---- > "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving" > - Albert Einstein >
