Year: 2014

@RFFlores the other way around. The advice comes from feedback from clients. And plenty of startups going south and leaving them in trouble

@martenmickos Nope. Typical enterprise approach to tech adoption. There’s only this amount of risk they want to (and should) take.

@RFFlores I must have been unlucky. With a thousand organizations.

@RFFlores Then I wonder why not a single client I ever met in last 3 years bet on a small startup for a corporate wide cloud deployment…

@RFFlores which is why large accounts try OpenStack for dept. deployment from startups but then look for big vendors for support and scale.

@RFFlores which is a fine bet as long as you mitigate the risk of a unfavorable acquisition or bankrupt. Most can’t.

@AndiMann @RFFlores I understand the enthusiasm but I really didn’t turn at all. Same, identical advice I always gave as an analyst.

@lleung @RFFlores Nah. I always, always, gave same advice to my clients. Even in my previous job. I am super consistent.

If you want to invest in OpenStack, you better bet on a vendor that stays around for years to come rather than being acquired or go bankrupt

@mrhinkle 🙂 I just tweeted about Red Hat’s long term commitment on OpenStack, which is important for enterprise organizations. Nothing more