OpenStack Ditches Microsoft Hyper-V 73
judgecorp writes "The OpenStack open source cloud project has removed Hyper-V from its infrastructure as a service (IaaS) framework, saying Microsoft's support for its hypervisor technology is 'broken.' This will embarass Microsoft, as major partners such as Dell and HP support OpenStack, along with service providers such as Internap." Adds reader alphadogg, this "means the code will be removed when the next version of OpenStack, called Essex, is released in the second quarter."
Re:Maybe it's just too hard... (Score:4, Insightful)
What are you smoking?
ESXi is miles above Xen at this point, and I'd rather use VirtualBox than Hyper-V. XenServer doesn't even enter the equation.
Re:Maybe it's just too hard... (Score:5, Insightful)
It's easy to just ditch any Microsoft technology. But for once, Hyper-v isn't totally crap. It's a way better than ESXi, and comparable to Xen (in fact, they got their inspiration from working with Xen guys, and the architecture is the same as for Xen). The issue here, btw, wasn't hyper-v itself, just its support inside OpenStack.
It's not that easy to ditch any MS technology - they built their company on tie-in, both for technical reasons and licensing reasons.
Their products work so well together that it's easy to get locked in. You start with MS-Office on Windows, then as your office grows you add a Windows Fileserver and AD server to manage the workstations and an Exchange server since it integrates well with Outlook and Outlook comes free with Office. Your accounting system runs on SQL/Server and you want to see more detailed reports so you add a reporting server. So many people want to see real-time reports so you add a Sharepoint server.
Now you've got a half dozen (or more) Window servers running your office. When it comes time to build your website, well you've already got Windows admins and developers, so .Net is the natural platform to use. You've committed yourself to buying so many CAL's for various products that new servers don't really cost much, certainly not enough to make it worthwhile to hire a Linux admin and start building on open source.
Oh, and hard-core WIndows developers/admins are just like hard-core Mac and Linux developers/admins - they love their platform and don't want to try anything else.