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Weekend Reading, 12/12

“OpenStack development is on fire. The number of OpenStack Foundation members has exceeded 18,000 individuals over the past two years, spanning beyond 140 countries and 2,500 contributing developers.”

December 12, 2014
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There’s a lot going on in the OpenStack community and it’s easy to get lost in the noise. We’ve collected the top stories and conversations you need to know about this week. From the latest OpenStack resources to news about users, we share the content you need to stay up to date.

At the ripe old age of 5, will OpenStack simmer down?

By: Barb Darrow

John Engates, CTO of Rackspace, thinks that OpenStack is getting boring in its 5th year. Barb Darrow believes that there will still be contention over different versions of OpenStack, which is why DefCore’s efforts are so central to OpenStack’s long-term success.

Debunking Six OpenStack Developer Myths

By: Darryl K. Taft

Despite the fact that OpenStack engineers are in high demand, myths about joining the OpenStack community are preventing more developers from getting onboard.

What Openstack Women are Saying about the Community

By: Jason Baker

The women of OpenStack held a panel to discuss ideas for making the community more accepting and inviting for the other 50%.

OpenStack Leverages Its Higher Profile to Lead Open Source Cloud Survey

By: Ben Kepes

Ben Kepes digs into the recent Zenoss survey that finds 86% of organizations considering open source are considering OpenStack.

Ask OpenStack passes 10,000 questions

By: OpenStack.org

Ask OpenStack has become a valuable community resource, but there’s more to be done to ensure that everyone gets their questions answered. Would a 24-hour Ask OpenStack day work?

"OpenStack development is on fire. The number of OpenStack Foundation members has exceeded 18,000 individuals over the past two years, spanning beyond 140 countries and 2,500 contributing developers." -Darryl K. Taft in eWeek

"We hope that maturity brings with it simplification – if we make OpenStack as easy as possible to use, manage and scale, more and more users will adopt it." -John Engates, CEO of Rackspace in the Rackspace Blog

https://twitter.com/LucidSimple/status/543517617940467712

https://twitter.com/mestery/status/543475396574867456

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