It was bound to happen: "Open Cloud Manifesto"
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From: za kAT on 4 Jul 2010 04:41 On Sun, 04 Jul 2010 01:13:54 -0700, Craig wrote: > This was thrown up and signed by a bunch of hippie-types including > Cisco, Akamai, IBM, etc... The general cry for "openness" is nice. Hope > to see some actual movement in the standards circles soon. > >> What is the Open Cloud Manifesto? >> A: >> The Open Cloud Manifesto establishes a core set of principles to >> ensure that organizations will have freedom of choice, flexibility, >> and openness as they take advantage of cloud computing. While cloud >> computing has the potential to have a positive impact on >> organizations, there is also potential for lock-in and lost >> flexibility if appropriate open standards are not identified and >> adopted. Key members of the cloud community worked together to >> produce this document and endorse it to establish a set of core >> principles around the open cloud. >> Q: >> Why was the Open Cloud Manifesto created? >> A: >> Customers want to see cloud environments that give them at least as >> open an environment as they have with today's IT choices. This >> openness gives them choice, flexibility, speed, agility and a large >> pool of skills to draw from. The Manifesto was written as a rallying >> cry for the cloud computing community to come together around open >> technologies. >> Q: >> Who supports the Manifesto? >> A: >> A list can be found at www.opencloudmanifesto.org/supporters. Don't believe the hype.........rlink http://www.opencloudmanifesto.org/supporters.htm -- zakAT(a)pooh.the.cat - Sergeant Tech-Com, DN38416. Assigned to protect you. You've been targeted for denigration!
From: za kAT on 4 Jul 2010 05:00 On Sun, 04 Jul 2010 01:13:54 -0700, Craig wrote: > This was thrown up and signed by a bunch of hippie-types including > Cisco, Akamai, IBM, etc... The general cry for "openness" is nice. Hope > to see some actual movement in the standards circles soon. > >> What is the Open Cloud Manifesto? >> A: >> The Open Cloud Manifesto establishes a core set of principles to >> ensure that organizations will have freedom of choice, flexibility, >> and openness as they take advantage of cloud computing. While cloud >> computing has the potential to have a positive impact on >> organizations, there is also potential for lock-in and lost >> flexibility if appropriate open standards are not identified and >> adopted. Key members of the cloud community worked together to >> produce this document and endorse it to establish a set of core >> principles around the open cloud. >> Q: >> Why was the Open Cloud Manifesto created? >> A: >> Customers want to see cloud environments that give them at least as >> open an environment as they have with today's IT choices. This >> openness gives them choice, flexibility, speed, agility and a large >> pool of skills to draw from. The Manifesto was written as a rallying >> cry for the cloud computing community to come together around open >> technologies. >> Q: >> Who supports the Manifesto? >> A: >> A list can be found at www.opencloudmanifesto.org/supporters. Interesting document for those trying to figure what the cloud means to organisations. http://opencloudmanifesto.org/Cloud_Computing_Use_Cases_Whitepaper-3_0.pdf Like it or not. Business people see no up front capital, or installation costs, server side anyway, and a simple cost structure, pay per usage, easy scale up/down of resources. -- zakAT(a)pooh.the.cat - Sergeant Tech-Com, DN38416. Assigned to protect you. You've been targeted for denigration!
From: »Q« on 4 Jul 2010 19:10 In <news:i0pfs3$j71$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Craig <netburgher(a)REMOVEgmail.com> wrote: > This was thrown up and signed by a bunch of hippie-types including > Cisco, Akamai, IBM, etc... The general cry for "openness" is nice. > Hope to see some actual movement in the standards circles soon. This is very disturbing -- "The Cloud?" is like a perfect place for the formation of a nearly undetectable fifth column of those openness crazies. > > What is the Open Cloud Manifesto? [giant snip] > > A list can be found at www.opencloudmanifesto.org/supporters .
From: B℮ar Bottoms on 4 Jul 2010 19:24
On Sun, 4 Jul 2010 18:10:13 -0500, »Q« wrote: > This is very disturbing -- "The Cloud?" is like a perfect place for the > formation of a nearly undetectable fifth column of those openness > crazies. I can feel another 'cult' moment coming on!!! -- B℮ar Bottoms Proud p0wner of Googleware |