Hello, I was inspired to write this article by my experience of participating in the open-source Apache Cloudstack project, where I periodically send features and bug fixes . I cannot be called an active contributor, because I only make a contribution from time to time when I need something from the product or I find a bug that makes my cluster itchy.
The experience described in this article is purely personal, and it is typical for the Apache Cloudstack product.
CloudStack - a product for creating medium and large cloud environments of private, public and mixed types.
Apache CloudStack is used by a large number of companies, including, for example, part of those listed in the Leaders and Challengers of the Gartner quadrant.
To my knowledge, at least BT (British Telecom), Interoute, KDDI, Datapipe, Leaseweb use CloudStack. An incomplete list of famous users can be viewed on the link in Wikipedia .
All communities are different - I ask you not to project my experience on all projects, each will have its own peculiarities and nuances.
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