Superuser weekend reading

Here’s the news from the OpenStack world you won’t want to miss — the musings, polemics and questions posed by the larger community.

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PayPal’s Sri Shivananda shared the company’s latest milestone on the [PayPal blog]( https://www.paypal-community.com/t5/PayPal-Forward/PayPal-s-Front-End-Cloud-Powered-by-OpenStack/ba-p/959621?utm_source=twitter&awesm=awe.sm_fMRJb&utm_content=13611975&utm_medium=social#.VRHODimi0j0.twitter). PayPal has converted nearly 100 percent of its traffic serving web/application program interface apps and mid-tier services to run on its OpenStack-based private cloud. “OpenStack has been a key choice in our journey to drive agility and operational efficiencies,” says Shivananda. "In leveraging open source technology, it’s important that we engage with the community. We’re doing so as an active contributor to several OpenStack projects"

HP Helion’s Stephen Walli gives a great account as to why OpenStack is different from other open source projects. "Openstack is going through forced growth in a time frame that is a 20%-25% of the time of other large-scale successful open source-licensed infrastructure projects. Openstack continues to demonstrate enormous growth and participation," notes Walli.

The 2015 OpenStack T-Shirt Design Contest is live! You have until April 17, 2015 to submit a sketch of your design. The winning design will be featured on t-shirts to be given out at upcoming OpenStack events and the new online store.

What do women in tech need and how can male allies help? Rackspace’s Anne Gentle offers six ideas from her own experiences, including being that friendly colleague at meetups.

Not all cores are equal, according to Tim Bell. The CERN OpenStack cloud team provides hints and tips for benchmarking in this blog post.

First @Walmartlabs, now @PayPal: @sparkycollier shares how 2015 is becoming the year of the #OpenStack-Powered Planet http://t.co/gmDEyz7mgP

— OpenStack (@OpenStack) March 25, 2015

I have been saying for nearly 5 years now that #openstack is a force to be reckoned with. Disruption is under way https://t.co/hm38cZFN0G

— Rob Zelinka (@Rob_Zelinka) March 25, 2015

Rocking my vintage #OpenStack shirt from @Piston today. #communitylove pic.twitter.com/N2OglNSfrp

— Scott Sanchez (@scottsanchez) March 25, 2015

Delighted to see our panel "Standing Tall in the Room" sponsored by the Women of #OpenStack accepted for the summit! https://t.co/jxafcTdKg1

— Elizabeth K. Joseph (@pleia2) March 20, 2015

Awesome news our talk for #OpenStack Vancouver Summit has been accepted Thank you to all those that voted! We are excited to share our story

— Frans van Rooyen (@jfvanrooyen) March 20, 2015

https://twitter.com/dennisdryden/status/580806636220055552

In case you missed it #Murano has officially joined the #OpenStack project. Congratulations to everyone! https://t.co/UJIcxBhhck

— Ryan McAdams (@ryanmcadams) March 25, 2015

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