There really should be a good three or so viable projects in any given space. The way some people talk it's like they really really want no choice in the matter.
Sometimes one size fits all cannot cover an entire market.
Also, specifically, OpenStack is servicable for some things, but it is far from perfect and has real limitations. For most openstack users the limitations are no big deal, but the limitations can be a dealbreaker for some scenarios. It has a lot of hype and attention behind it, moreso than
by Anonymous Coward writes:
on Wednesday April 04, 2012 @12:58PM (#39573185)
I'm sorry, but Openstack is nothing but a joke. A bunch of bureaucratic programmers who are more interested in their own wet dreams rather than doing something real. And clearly run by managers who have absolutely NO idea of how to do software development.
These guys basically have been given a bunch of money without any expectations of delivery of a product. There's NO testing on this crap, the documentation is poor, and constantly out of sync with the product (just take a look at the silly authentication efforts that they are redoing, once again).
The first sign that they didn't have a clue was at their big announcement in Silicon Valley a couple years ago. Some young kid, wet behind the ears, who thought that being thrown into the pit on a Friday and told to get things working by Monday was something to brag about. The guy just didn't have a clue about mismanagement.
And then they are all Ubuntu based. You've got to be kidding. Ubuntu is for Windows weenies, and not serious systems people. Just take a look at the installation, where you are expected to answer questions halfway through the middle of the install! No, that's NOT how to do things, and it's a sign of worse nonsense to come.
But hey, if you are clueless about how real systems work, then you can pass it off as long as you can push buttons. And yes, I'm well aware that Rackspace is Ubuntu based. That's a very bad sign for Rackspace, and one reason why I don't use them.
The point here is that these folks just don't know what they are doing, and it shows. And Citrix probably recognizes this, and it's one reason why they are moving away from Openstack.
Of course, Citrix has a huge Not Invented Here syndrome, and XCP is another joke in itself. But I digress.
Well, that's my rant. After having trying to get Openstack up and running, I had to vent. Honestly guys, just learn some real software engineering. What you've got currently, isn't.
H*ll, you'd go much farther along if you had a real QA group, and actually worked on making the documentation real.
Good for heterogeneity... (Score:4, Interesting)
There really should be a good three or so viable projects in any given space. The way some people talk it's like they really really want no choice in the matter.
Sometimes one size fits all cannot cover an entire market.
Also, specifically, OpenStack is servicable for some things, but it is far from perfect and has real limitations. For most openstack users the limitations are no big deal, but the limitations can be a dealbreaker for some scenarios. It has a lot of hype and attention behind it, moreso than
Oh please. Openstack is a joke. (Score:0)
I'm sorry, but Openstack is nothing but a joke. A bunch of bureaucratic programmers who are more interested in their own wet dreams rather than doing something real. And clearly run by managers who have absolutely NO idea of how to do software development.
These guys basically have been given a bunch of money without any expectations of delivery of a product. There's NO testing on this crap, the documentation is poor, and constantly out of sync with the product (just take a look at the silly authentication efforts that they are redoing, once again).
The first sign that they didn't have a clue was at their big announcement in Silicon Valley a couple years ago. Some young kid, wet behind the ears, who thought that being thrown into the pit on a Friday and told to get things working by Monday was something to brag about. The guy just didn't have a clue about mismanagement.
And then they are all Ubuntu based. You've got to be kidding. Ubuntu is for Windows weenies, and not serious systems people. Just take a look at the installation, where you are expected to answer questions halfway through the middle of the install! No, that's NOT how to do things, and it's a sign of worse nonsense to come.
But hey, if you are clueless about how real systems work, then you can pass it off as long as you can push buttons. And yes, I'm well aware that Rackspace is Ubuntu based. That's a very bad sign for Rackspace, and one reason why I don't use them.
The point here is that these folks just don't know what they are doing, and it shows. And Citrix probably recognizes this, and it's one reason why they are moving away from Openstack.
Of course, Citrix has a huge Not Invented Here syndrome, and XCP is another joke in itself. But I digress.
Well, that's my rant. After having trying to get Openstack up and running, I had to vent. Honestly guys, just learn some real software engineering. What you've got currently, isn't.
H*ll, you'd go much farther along if you had a real QA group, and actually worked on making the documentation real.