From owner-freebsd-xen@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 14 10:11:16 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D47E1065679 for ; Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:11:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adrian.chadd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pz0-f202.google.com (mail-pz0-f202.google.com [209.85.222.202]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2362D8FC1C for ; Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:11:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pzk40 with SMTP id 40so10885871pzk.7 for ; Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:11:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=zw5429O3THkcj+pAuKsw6qoCB863AuVAAkdXxQGxlfs=; b=nT6ySbKqThYneVq4TjJcCL3EQc9y/0UjjnizvL6/w9kx5ZNa8kisjHfxu0bekavm9w saPTTba3FqjdisZmh0HttkOaT1ed8bifIphCfhyq6Ri4VupxWkmWz6KSbx64ONy2uAIX xIr0H/O+CVMCx2i2II2hsmVB6W+/eb/DUw9ww= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=rYcnI+/ZSRDOyjrEjt44GHw4Cy7IArWvg0FIFlaf12vfLZfJHy7cHHWPUYg6XA1fh5 vd9WlKkaNdn2PAxwlWdhaDl9kt3M16LYi3ywckHzV338g12XivVWdWzchv3xgplZ/MaO FgwQv77MZTKWcb6rPEUR1Z1FUJoU0XweFNwbI= MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: adrian.chadd@gmail.com Received: by 10.114.163.23 with SMTP id l23mr14639394wae.228.1255515075751; Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:11:15 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4ACFEC6E.2030109@FreeBSD.org> References: <77abe410908211256g44dd20d8o9b50c20357e63a6b@mail.gmail.com> <4A94CD0D.8070902@prgmr.com> <4ACFEC6E.2030109@FreeBSD.org> Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:11:15 +0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 02838fcb7c6fbb36 Message-ID: From: Adrian Chadd To: glarkin@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org Subject: Re: finishing up the xen port - would funding help? X-BeenThere: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion of the freebsd port to xen - implementation and usage List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:11:16 -0000 Please contact the FreeBSD foundation and let them know that Amazon contacted you. The best thing to do IMHO is get Amazon and the Foundation discussing Xen related things before involving developers. Thanks, Adrian 2009/10/10 Greg Larkin : > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Adrian Chadd wrote: >> Give me a few days to get stuff together here and I'll see what I can >> do in -head. >> >> Thanks for all your offers of support. >> >> adrian >> > [...] > > Hi everyone, > > I received an email from a contact @ Amazon AWS yesterday asking about > the status of the FreeBSD Xen project. =A0He and I connected earlier this > year after a short exchange on Twitter and some emails about getting > FreeBSD AMIs running on Amazon EC2. > > I told him that there was a thread on the freebsd-xen mailing list in > August. =A0My understanding is that the primary blocker is funding for th= e > developers who have the skills required to bring the Xen support up to > production quality. =A0I also figured that it might take even more time t= o > then port to the version of Xen used by Amazon. > > I hope to hear back from him soon with his thoughts. =A0Obviously, it > would be extremely helpful if Amazon funded the development, presuming > there would be a long-term financial gain for them. =A0If anyone has any > feedback that I should relay to him, let me know. > > I also asked him if he wanted contact information for the FreeBSD/Xen > developers and other folks who are involved in the project at a high > level. =A0I'll post back here if he does. > > Best regards, > Greg > - -- > Greg Larkin > > http://www.FreeBSD.org/ =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 - The Power To Serve > http://www.sourcehosting.net/ =A0 =A0 - Ready. Set. Code. > http://twitter.com/sourcehosting/ - Follow me, follow you > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iD8DBQFKz+xu0sRouByUApARArKYAKCVziRDp71w977HHy2XpKxQsHgUXgCaA2fT > RFxGu9dVA1s39MKn0+o6520=3D > =3DZg60 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >