Tag Archives: Linus Torvalds

February 27, 2013 Posted in Business 5 Comments

Tensions in the Cloud Foundry Camp–On the Problems with Forks

By Ben Kepes

Let there be no doubt, open source projects are hard. Balancing central control while still allowing individual members a degree of autonomy is like walking a tightrope – too much control and it looks like a dictatorship, too little and the initiative risks spiraling out of control in the face

Tagged Cloudfoundry, Krishnan Subramanian, Linus Torvalds, Open source, OpenStack, platform services, Stephen O’Grady, VMware |

November 6, 2012 Posted in Business Leave a comment

Apache releases CloudStack 4.0 Incubating Release

By Ben Kepes

Open Source projects are great at encouraging chest thumping and misty eyes, but the really exciting thing about them is when they start to actually come to life – as in ship real products that can be used. Linux was an exciting idea when it was Linus Torvalds’ project at

Tagged Apache foundation, Application programming interface, Caringo, CloudStack, Linus Torvalds, Open source, OpenStack, rackspace |

Ben Kepes is a technology evangelist, an investor, a commentator and a business adviser. Ben covers the convergence of technology, mobile, ubiquity and agility, all enabled by the Cloud. His areas of interest extend to enterprise software, software integration, financial/accounting software, platforms and infrastructure as well as articulating technology simply for everyday users.