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The open source OpenStack project launched this week to commoditize the cloud, but it could have a tough time destabilzing incumbents.

This week, a relatively large group of technology companies, along with NASA, launched OpenStack, an open source projects designed to give businesses and service providers an entire, and already proven, cloud computing platform. Response has been overwhelmingly positive from project members, but neutral parties have taken a more, well, neutral tone. I’m all for openness, but when putting on my devil’s advocate hat, it’s not too difficult to make the case that OpenStack won’t create true [...]

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