Happy Birthday!
OpenStack is 3 years now! Communities all around the world are (or planning) on celebrating here (India), here (USA), here (Japan), here (China) and more. Here is a quick summary on what the OpenStack community has achieved in this short span.
Key Milestones
July 2010 : OpenStack launches
2010 - Oct 2011 : First four versions (Austin, Bexar, Cactus, Diablo)
Apr 2012: Essex (5th version) released, showing product maturity and gaining major adoptions
Sep 2012: OpenStack Foundation launched
Oct 2012: Folsom (6th version) released, new projects such as Dashboard (Horizon), Networking (Quantum)
Apr 2013: Grizzly (7th version) released - cool new features such as Load Balancing as a Service (LBaaS), SDN etc.
Check out more statistics in this infographic:
OpenStack in India
OpenStack adoption in India (our most recent coverage here) has been increasing steadily, OpenStack India User Group is one of the largest user groups globally. With a lot of companies using/ contributing from India, we expect larger traction soon.
How to contribute
You can contribute this way (developer) or this way (non-developer). No better way to celebrate than to contribute! Happy Birthday to OpenStack once again!
