Show Notes
For years, the CNCF has been the central governance body for cloud-native projects. But are there too many projects now? What if the CNCF was less governance and more like private equity?SHOW: 804CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Want to win a Tesla Cybertruck or $100,000? Enter the WS02 Choreo Code Challenge (before April 30th)WSO2 Choreo - Why build a platform? Just add developers insteadSHOW NOTES:CNCF LandscapeCNCF Trail MapWHY DOESN’T THE CNCF RECOMMEND A CLOUD-NATIVE STACK? Originally the CNCF was just trying to get projects to use them for governance. Many people wanted them to “define” a cloud-native stack. Defining a stack would have held back their business model - accepting projects and adding sponsorsHOW MANY PROJECTS WOULD GET “CNCF APPROVED” IF THEY TOOK A PRIVATE EQUITY APPROACH?CNCF currently has 184 projects, up 4x over the last 4 years. 14% graduates, 20% incubating, 62% sandbox Does the CNCF suffer from the “Big Tent” problem that caused so many issues with OpenStack? KubeCon keynotes are just a list of projects giving status updates - they could be an email. How many projects should the CNCF sponsor? How many categories should remain?How would a private equity group apply metrics to CNCF projects? FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @cloudcastpodInstagram: @cloudcastpodTikTok: @cloudcastpodFEEDBACK?Email: show @ the enterprise ai show dot comeBluesky: @EntAIShow.bsky.socialTwitter/X: @TheEntAIShowInstagram: @TheEntAIShow