Open Stack

On Wed, 2015-05-06 at 11:54 +0200, Thierry Carrez wrote:
> Hugh Blemings wrote:
> > +2
> > 
> > I think asking LWN if they have the bandwidth and interest to do this
> > would be ideal - they've credibility in the Free/Open Source space and a
> > proven track record.  Nice people too.
> 
> On the bandwidth side, as a regular reader I was under the impression
> that they struggled with their load already, but I guess if it comes
> with funding that could be an option.
> 
> On the interest side, my past tries to invite them to the OpenStack
> Summit so that they could cover it (the way they cover other
> conferences) were rejected, so I have doubts in that area as well.
> 
> Anyone having a personal connection that we could leverage to pursue
> that option further ?

Sure, be glad to.

I've added Jon to the cc list (if his openstack mail sorting scripts
operate like mine, that will get his attention).

I already had a preliminary discussion with him: lwn.net is interested
but would need to hire an extra person to cover the added load.  That
makes it quite a big business investment for them.

James