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

[Thijs Metsch]

Hi David,

Thanks for the reply! Does OGF have a telcon dialin which we could use?
Or should we use another one?

Cheers,

-Thijs

On Tue, 2009-03-10 at 20:46 -0400, David Snelling wrote:
> 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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