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Collaboration is at the heart of open technology. What’s the key to effective collaboration when it comes to the open cloud?
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Chris Ferris
IRC ;-)
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Chris Ferris
(IRC == Internet Relay Chat)
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Noam Shendar
Mind melds :-)
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Jonathan Bryce
Stop. Collaborate. And...listen. = )
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Chris Ferris
seriously, you want to enable effective communication between the devs working across timezones and around the globe
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Michael Fork
open communication - mailing lists, IRC, GitHub. Avoid back channel discussions.
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Chris Ferris
@mjfork totally agree, you want complete transparency
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Eric Bravick
Git / GitHub ?
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Kelly Capo
trust and efficiency
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Jonathan Bryce
Really though, I think the key for OpenStack has been letting the community develop organically
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@Christo4Ferris Is complete transparency a challenge to achieve? Is it possible?
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Chris Ferris
@NoamShen interestingly enough, the #cloudfoundry project encourages pair programming; which is as close as we can get to the vulcan mind meld;-)
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Jonathan Bryce
When people have a say in the direction, engagement skyrockets
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Chris Ferris
@jbryce that is key for all communities - let them find their own way
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Eric Bravick
Yes, community inspired standards that are codified into relatively "official" standards is certainly important.
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Chris Ferris
@kellycapo Trust is also very important, completely agree
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Chris Ferris
is transparency a challenge? not necessarily, but when you notice backchannel discussions, you try to tease them out into the open
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Kelly Capo
avoiding drama at all costs :)
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Eric Bravick
Complexity is one of the enemies of *effective* transparency, so we should strive to reduce the complexity of OpenStack and similar technology suites.