Open Source Offerings
Open source has become incredibly important, especially as a foundation for cloud computing. There is consistent support, for example, for Linux as the foundation for most of the cloud platforms. Therefore, open source offerings are playing an increasingly important role.
The Linux Foundation
The Linux Foundation is the nonprofit consortium dedicated to fostering the growth of Linux. Founded in 2000, the Linux Foundation sponsors the work of Linux creator Linus Torvalds and is supported by leading technology companies and developers from around the world. The Linux Foundation promotes the platform and works with those vendors and customers that leverage Linux. Check out the Linux Foundation at www.linuxfoundation.org
.
The Eclipse Foundation
The Eclipse Foundation is an open-source community focused on providing a vendor-neutral open development platform and application frameworks for building software. It’s a nonprofit organization and has widespread participation from developers and corporations around the globe. The Eclipse platform is written in Java and runs on most popular operating systems, including Linux, HP-UX, AIX, Solaris, QNX, Mac OS X, and Windows. Check out the Eclipse Foundation at www.eclipse.org
.
Open Cloud Computing Interface
The Open Cloud Computing Interface (OCCI; http://occi-wg.org
) is made up of a set of open community-lead specifications delivered through the Open Grid Forum. The group is based on its development of a protocol and ...
Get Hybrid Cloud For Dummies now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
