The End Of Software - Anibal's Blog

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"1. Cloud providers must work together to ensure that the challenges to cloud
adoption (security, integration, portability, interoperability,
governance/management, metering/monitoring) are addressed through
open collaboration and the appropriate use of standards.
2. Cloud providers must not use their market position to lock customers into
their particular platforms and limit their choice of providers.
3. Cloud providers must use and adopt existing standards wherever
appropriate. The IT industry has invested heavily in existing standards and
standards organizations; there is no need to duplicate or reinvent them.
4.When new standards (or adjustments to existing standards) are needed, we
must be judicious and pragmatic to avoid creating too many standards. We
must ensure that standards promote innovation and do not inhibit it.
5.Any community effort around the open cloud should be driven by customer
needs, not merely the technical needs of cloud providers, and should be
tested or verified against real customer requirements.
6.Cloud computing standards organizations, advocacy groups, and
communities should work together and stay coordinated, making sure that
efforts do not conflict or overlap. "