{"id":437,"date":"2011-01-19T15:30:31","date_gmt":"2011-01-19T21:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/?p=437"},"modified":"2011-01-19T15:30:57","modified_gmt":"2011-01-19T21:30:57","slug":"openstack-at-six-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/openstack-at-six-months\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenStack at Six Months"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am a relatively new father to an almost 2-year-old boy.\u00a0 I am very familiar with the unexpectedly fast pace of growth for a baby.\u00a0 How the milestones fly by.\u00a0 How I like to think about where he will be in 3, 5, and 80 years.\u00a0 It\u2019s ironic that OpenStack and my son aren\u2019t far apart.\u00a0 They both seem hellbent on world domination.\u00a0 And man it\u2019s fun to be involved!<\/p>\n

I have been involved with OpenStack since it was a twinkle in Rackspace\u2019s eye.\u00a0 We often joke about how hard it was to convince our management and board to give away the core set of assets in which we invested so much.\u00a0 In truth, it wasn\u2019t that hard.\u00a0 We have always known our core asset was really Fanatical Support, the service we provide on top of the best technology offerings in the market.\u00a0 There was no need for us to own the technology.\u00a0 We just needed access to the best.\u00a0 It needed to be an industry standard.\u00a0 And it needed to meet the requirements of our customers.\u00a0 The problem was that did not exist in the cloud software space.\u00a0 So it made clear sense to for us to take the lead.<\/p>\n

The real question was whether or not the world saw the problem we did.\u00a0 Would they care?\u00a0 More importantly, would they join?<\/p>\n

The answer:\u00a0 It\u2019s too early to say yes, but this baby does seem to be headed toward the gifted and talented program.\u00a0 Here are some facts:<\/p>\n