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
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 e
by Anonymous Coward writes:
on Wednesday April 04, 2012 @02:09PM (#39574285)
Just a quick comment. Aside from the public cloud, Rackspace is largely a Redhat Shop on the Linux Side. The public Cloud side has several distro options including, IIRC, a couple of BSD choices.
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 e
Re:Oh please. Openstack is a joke. (Score:0)
Just a quick comment. Aside from the public cloud, Rackspace is largely a Redhat Shop on the Linux Side. The public Cloud side has several distro options including, IIRC, a couple of BSD choices.