Open Stack

On 6/05/2015 23:34, James Bottomley wrote:
> 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.

Excellent - I think Jon and Co. could bring a great deal to the table 
here and if that means finding a way to provide funding that would be 
effort well spent.

Cheers,
Hugh