A California public benefit corporation fostering the development and promotion of open standards for cloud computing.

Joined April 2009
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I gave a keynote at OSCON this week calling for an unified and interoperable open cloud ecosystem:... fb.me/2RbaeyZxJ

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“It follows that being able to modify your cloud management platform allows you to be more innovative,” Sam... fb.me/CkvSnfTd

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Open Source Cloud Fuels Tremendous Innovation fb.me/Jt6txL8y

"Today, in the absence of common standards and clear contracts, many potential users are deterred from adopting... fb.me/VJX9lCnQ

RT @shanley if you aren't one of the very early employees at a startup (like, count on your hands), demand market rate for your salary. <- 1
RT @jamesaduncan Today is my last day at Joyent. I might be leaving a great team, but I'll be taking many fond memories. <- where to next?
OpenCloudInitiative retweeted
19 Jul 2012
open cloud != open source cloud
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On 19 June 2012 the Open Cloud Initiative (OCI) presented to an audience of ~100 at the University of Bern. fb.me/21K8cbBxh

Swiss Online PC Magazin have done a writeup (in German) of last week's Open Cloud day at the University of Bern... fb.me/1xbQ0vjWE

Linux News: Developers: Open APIs Are the New Open Source fb.me/TnNJEQwR

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"The Open Cloud Initiative was highly commended for its attempt to establish a genuine vendor-independent body... fb.me/1mz2Wajsy

"The Open Cloud Initiative was highly commended for its attempt to establish a genuine vendor-independent body... fb.me/184TcuX1i

OpenCloudInitiative retweeted
Interesting metric - revenue/employee: GOOG $6.2M, XOM $4.4M, AAPL $1.4M, FB $1.1M, MSFT $777k, INTC $529k, IBM $427k, HPQ $338k
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OpenCloudInitiative retweeted
5 Nov 2011
Replying to @samj
@shanley Happy Birthday! The work you folks are doing re: @opencloud is incredibly important now. Via @samj FYI I too was a WoW addict. HWL
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Sam Ramji: Cloud makes open source 'inevitable' for Microsoft, others fb.me/18MJ0ADxR

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California Secretary of State has processed the Open Cloud Initiative filing and it is now a California corporation.
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OpenCloudInitiative retweeted
16 Sep 2011
How will the Open Cloud Initiative push for more open #cloud standards? sdtimes.com/l/35917 #sdtimes @opencloud

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Open Cloud Initiative envisions an open cloud future - SD Times: Software Development News fb.me/18ZJBndGJ

ONE WEEK left to get your feedback in for the Open Cloud Principles (OCP) final comment period: opencloudinitiative.org/prin…

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