As talk of Cloud Computing grows so does the discussion surrounding an "Open Cloud".
Currently the major players in the space include RackSpace's OpenStack, Red Hat's DeltaCloud API and Eucalyptus. The push behind the Open Cloud is simple, as the Cloud develops there are those who are fearful of being "locked in" to a provider. For example if a developer creates an application in Microsoft's Azure ecosystem how easy will it be to jump to Amazon's EC2?
My thought is this; before purchasing a product it's always essential to do your homework. The same goes for any hosting or Cloud service. Make sure it's exactly what you want before you jump in. Cloud Computing is still very young. Standards for Cloud Computing currently exist as an idea not a reality. I think that part of the push from the Open Source crowd is based around the fact that without standards in place does anyone know where we're going next?
My questions to readers is this,
1. Will Open Source Cloud Computing take off?
2. How long will it be until standards for Cloud Computing platforms are developed?
3. What will these standards look like?
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