{"id":3946,"date":"2013-03-13T11:03:54","date_gmt":"2013-03-13T16:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/?p=3946"},"modified":"2013-03-13T11:03:54","modified_gmt":"2013-03-13T16:03:54","slug":"openstack-and-friends-at-scale-11x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/openstack-and-friends-at-scale-11x\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenStack and Friends at SCALE 11x"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Foundation had a great time meeting friends old and new as a Silver sponsor of this year\u2019s Southern California Linux Expo<\/a> in Los Angeles February 22-24.<\/p>\n

We thank Christopher MacGown, Founder and Chief Scientist at Piston Cloud, whose standing-room-only,\u00a0The Tao of OpenStack,<\/em> talk was one of the hottest of the show.\u00a0 Thank you also to Community Hero, Stephon Striplin, from DreamHost and OpenStack LA User Group co-organizer, who helped staff our busy booth alongside Foundation Community Manager Stefano Maffulli and Event Planner Kathy Cacciatore.<\/p>\n

One of our favorite activities was the in-booth happy hour with besties Opscode and Rackspace \u2013 2 kegs of Sierra Nevada and 12 bowls of chips happily consumed!\u00a0 Check out the pics\u2026.<\/p>\n

\"Rackspace<\/a>

Rackspace and other new friends<\/p><\/div>\n

\"OpenStack<\/a>

OpenStack Opscode and Rackspace happy hour pours with Tim Bell on screen<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Opscode<\/a>

Opscode staff at happy hour<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Christopher<\/a>

Christopher MacGown after his SRO Tao of OpenStack session<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Stefano<\/a>

Stefano Maffulli and SCALE Poker Player<\/p><\/div>\n

Here are the stats:<\/p>\n