[Capi-bof] Charter discussion & get the CAPI group started.

[David Snelling]

Folks,

On 10 Mar 2009, at 05:46, Thijs Metsch wrote:

>> We should, however, try to contact our AD; he'll sure be able to give
>> some hints on what GFSG will want to see...
>
> David Snelling is our AD and I think he is even on the list. I'll ping
> him...

Yes, and a short call might help the authors of the charter. Give it a  
week or so on email and then we'll set up a call.

>>> 5. Are there sufficient interest and expertise in the group's topic,
>>> with at least several people willing to expend the effort that is
>>> likely
>>> to produce significant results over time?
>>>
>>> Yes. Several industrial leaders and research projects in the Cloud
>>> ecosystem have stated their interest and are willing to help.
>>
>> Should be more concrete. Do we have the commitment from industry
>> leaders (except for Sun ;) )? If so, this should be stated.
>
> Do we really need to put names in here? I'm a little bit unsure about
> this. one :-)

Numbers of workers are important and names of companies,users, etc.  
Names of people are not necessary.

>>> 6. Does a base of interested consumers (e.g., application  
>>> developers,
>>> Grid system implementers, industry partners, end-users) appear to
>>> exist
>>> for the planned work?
>>> Yes. Many research projects and community groups are talking about a
>>> standard for Cloud computing.
>> Could we get this a bit more concrete, too (i.e. stating which
>> projects)?
>
> See above comment :-)

Answers in this space would be good. I think from where we are,  
support from the consumers of such an interface rather than providers  
would be very important.
>

Take care:

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