Open Infrastructure Foundation (OpenInfra): Openwashing or Community-washing by LF, a GAFAM Collective (Monopolies)
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TechCrunch ☛ OpenStack comes to the Linux Foundation
Back in 2010, Rackspace and NASA launched a project called OpenStack, which was meant to become an open source option for running an AWS-style cloud inside of private data centers. The two companies then moved OpenStack to the OpenStack Foundation, which has steadfastly shepherded the project through its many ups and downs. Right now, with the controversy around Broadcom’s licensing changes to VMware’s offerings, OpenStack is back on an upswing, as enterprises look for an alternative.
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PR Newswire ☛ Open Infrastructure Foundation Board Announces Intent to Join the Linux Foundation to Amplify the Global Impact of Open Source
Today, the Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, announced that the Open Infrastructure Foundation (OpenInfra) has signaled its intent to join as a member foundation, following unanimous approval from both the OpenInfra and Linux Foundation boards. Together, the Linux Foundation and the OpenInfra Foundation will unite their growing, vibrant, global ecosystems to empower users and developers with trusted open source solutions.
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Network World ☛ At long last, OpenStack (now known as OpenInfra Foundation) joins Linux Foundation
After more than a decade as an independent open-source foundation, the OpenStack project is joining the Linux Foundation in a move aimed at accelerating collaboration across the open infrastructure ecosystem.
Fifteen years ago, Rackspace got together with NASA and created the open-source OpenStack project. Over the next two years, as OpenStack’s technology and user base grew, there were many discussions among participants about moving the technology to an open-source foundation. One of the leading options was to join the Linux Foundation, but that didn’t happen. Instead, in 2012, the OpenStack Foundation was created, which changed its name to the Open Infrastructure (OpenInfra) Foundation in 2020.
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The Register UK ☛ OpenInfra has only gone and joined the Linux Foundation
The votes are in, confirming that the Open Infrastructure Foundation intends to join the Linux Foundation.
The vote was unanimous. It was also unthinkable a few short years ago when OpenStack (as it was known then) and the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) were fierce rivals for the hearts and minds of developers and customers. Where OpenStack was all about an open source cloud infrastructure on which applications could run, CNCF's Kubernetes provided a vendor-neutral way of orchestrating container-based applications.
OpenInfra arguably lost the fight years ago, a fact made glaringly obvious when stalwarts such as the veteran Linux vendor SUSE decided to drop SUSE OpenStack Cloud in 2019 and go all-in with Kubernetes. At SUSECON25, The Register asked SUSE chief technology and product officer Thomas Di Giacomo if, more than five years on, the company had any regrets about the decision. Di Giacomo was blunt: "There's no reason to revisit it."
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ZDNet ☛ The Linux Foundation's latest partnership could shake up open-source ecosystems - here's why [Ed: LF-sponsored puff piece]
To strengthen the open-source community, the Linux Foundation and the Open Infrastructure Foundation (OpenInfra) have announced plans for OpenInfra to join the Linux Foundation as a member foundation. This decision follows unanimous approval from both organizations' boards and aims to unite their vibrant global ecosystems to provide trusted open-source solutions.
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OpenStack joins the Linux Foundation
The Open Infrastructure Foundation (OpenInfra Foundation), known for OpenStack, has announced it will join the Linux Foundation. This will create one of the largest non-profit organizations in the open-source field.
This move will unite two major open-source ecosystems, providing more opportunities for users and developers of various open-source solutions. According to both organizations, this collaboration is crucial given the rapid rise of AI technology, the evolution of data centers and geopolitical developments.
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Consortium Driving OpenStack to Become Arm of The Linux Foundation - DevOps.com
The Open Infrastructure Foundation (OpenInfra), which oversees the development of the open source OpenStack cloud computing framework, this week agreed to become an arm of The Linux Foundation as part of an effort to foster more collaboration with maintainers of projects such as Kubernetes and the Linux operating system.
Jonathan Bryce, executive director of the OpenInfra Foundation, said cross-pollination across these three leading open source projects will further streamline deployments, at a time when OpenStack is experiencing a resurgence and when enterprise IT organizations are looking to reduce costs.