Open Stack

That is a great point Jay.  I think the last thing anybody wants is
the perception that organizations coming on-board as part of the
foundation are influencing the direction of the product.  Having a
preexisting basic charter or at least definition of the project and
project goals before this process should help with that risk.

On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 10:00 AM, Jay Pipes <jaypipes at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 9:13 AM, Thierry Carrez <thierry at openstack.org> wrote:
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> During the town hall meeting at the Conference, lots of different people
>> raised the need to define the OpenStack mission as the very first step
>> to setting up a Foundation.
>>
>> I tend to agree that defining the OpenStack goals helps, in turn, to
>> define the Foundation scope (what should the foundation actually own,
>> see prior thread), which is rather critical in deciding the best setup.
>>
>> That said, I'm not sure there can be lazy consensus in the "community"
>> around OpenStack goals. Some value-add partner will prefer if OpenStack
>> Core projects don't enter his space (restrict goals), while some public
>> cloud provider might prefer a wider ecosystem (expand goals).
>>
>> So this discussion on "what is OpenStack and what is not" might have to
>> happen after the Foundation is set up and you have boards with the
>> responsibility to decide and vote on that...
>>
>> Thoughts ? Should the egg happen before the chicken ?
>
> I think a discussion about what OpenStack is and isn't should
> definitely be had before the Foundation is set up. Otherwise, I
> imagine people will view the Foundation as being some sort of Wild
> West land grab, where companies are trying to shape what OpenStack is
> by fiat or by trying to buy control.
>
> Just a thought,
> -jay
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