OpenStack Foundation Requires Further Definition

For outsiders, the major news of interest from this week's OpenStack conference in Boston was the announcement of an OpenStack Foundation. I attended the conference yesterday where the official announcement was made, and tried to find out more about the move. But this will be a short posting because there's not much to say. The thinness of detail about the Foundation is probably a good sign, because it means that Rackspace and its partners are seeking input from the community about important parameters.

OpenStack is going to be the universal cloud platform of the future. This is assured by the huge backing and scads of funding from major companies, both potential users and vendors. (Dell and HP had big presences at the show.) Even if the leadership flubs a few things, the backers will pick them up, dust them off, and propel them on their way forward.