It looks like vmware is really starting to figure out 'the open source way'. There were a lot of problems at the beginning - disparity between cloudfoundry.com vs .org distributions, inability to pull community features, lack of .org documentation, no strong leadership, zendesk for support (no mailing list!) - but they've brought on some really good people (like Patrick Chanezon) who definitely seem to understand developer concerns.
Hopefully this new open workflow should make upping the code quality a much smoother process, as it's a medium-sized codebase that could use a bit of polish.
I'm actually surprised vmware was able to stick with CloudFoundry this long until they started to get it right - are there other examples of 'open source' (in quotes) project by huge companies that ended up finding their way?
Hopefully this new open workflow should make upping the code quality a much smoother process, as it's a medium-sized codebase that could use a bit of polish.
I'm actually surprised vmware was able to stick with CloudFoundry this long until they started to get it right - are there other examples of 'open source' (in quotes) project by huge companies that ended up finding their way?