Larry Smith Jr.

Doing my thang with #automation #DevOps and cloudy things! Providing hopefully valuable content for others to consume easily and also learn from.

VMware makes frenemies at OpenStack, but what’s in it for IT?

October 1, 2012 less than 1 minute read

Looks like it is going to get interesting for sure. I really personally hope VMware does actually start contributing to OpenStack. It would be a huge mistake for them for sure to not contribute.

VMware makes frenemies at OpenStack, but what’s in it for IT?.

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