Eucalyptus refocuses on open source values

“Even as its competitors generate the headlines and talk more
than a little smack, Eucalyptus Systems has been quietly and
carefully re-aligning its business practices, while steadily
growing. Now the cloud computing company is ready to take on the
sector with less quiet and more open source attitude: including a
radical shift in how it will deploy its main product.

“The conversation with Eucalyptus this week started with a
question I raised Monday based on a statement made to the New York
Times by Eucalyptus CEO M?rten Mickos, in which Mickos made the
assertion that some in the open source community still felt that
making profits was immoral.

“So when I saw a note in my inbox from Mickos about an hour
after that post went up, I knew I was in for it. Mickos can be
pretty diligent about correcting what he believes are errors in
reporting, something I have learned to expect. “

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