VMware To Join OpenStack Foundation

hypnosec writes "OpenStack Foundation, backed by virtualization players like Rackspace, Red Hat and IBM, is going to get a unexpected new member – VMware. According to a post on the OpenStack Foundation Wiki, the agenda of the Board of Directors meeting on August 28 includes the Gold membership of VMware as one of the topics. VMware is not the only one applying for Gold membership as Intel and NEC are also standing in line for their memberships as well."

Comments

An interesting commentary

[thePowerOfGrayskull]

An interesting and relevant commentary on OpenStack;

https://gist.github.com/3456841

Re:An interesting commentary

[vlm]

He misses the point that in

How do you commercialize

the easiest way to commercialize is to hand hold and support and project manage.

Selling a proprietary virtualization empire is, in the long run, about as likely to succeed as writing a text editor, so going all "IBM" and moving into services might be a pretty wise move for vmware.

Re:Will VMWare donate their patents?

[Picass0]

I 'reckon' VMWare is well aware of Apple, and as my question suggests last weeks court decision is in my mind as well. Unless VMWare offers indemnification to Openstack Foundation they are a fox in the hen house.

Openstack should secure usage rights in perpetuity, else VMWare can make strategic suggestions that steers development towards their patent portfolio. Years from now VMWare might decide the products of Openstack Foundation represent an obstacle to be eliminated.

Re:Enough competing hypervisors already!!

[Alex Belits]

What SHOULD happen, is all hypervisors defeated by OS-implemented host compartmentalization (LXC and similar).

Virtualization is great for development, testing and running craptastic operating systems that you really, really hate to run but can't get rid of (what means Windows for sane people).