This week, Martin, Chris and Gavin reflect on the decision by EMC to disband the {code} team and discuss whether open source has a place in storage.  {code} was a project started by EMC before the Dell acquisition. The team focused on open source advocacy and developing tools such as storage plugins for Docker.  Looking wider, companies like Red Hat have built their business on open source, but how are the storage platforms working out?  Can vendors make money from open source and do we need a benevolent dictator like we have in Linux?

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Timeline

* 00:00:00 – Intro

* 00:00:30 – The demise of EMC {code}

* 00:03:00 – Does open source have a place in storage?

* 00:06:00 – Open source storage hasn’t come from existing companies

* 00:07:30 – Is open source (storage) simply a loss leader for other business?

* 00:08:00 – What about SAMBA?  The biggest open source storage platform?

* 00:08:30 – ViPR, iWave and open sourcing the control plane.

* 00:11:00 – Is open source storage good for storing data we can afford to lose?

* 00:13:30 – Paid storage lets customers play the blame game

* 00:15:35 – So how can vendors make money from open source storage?

* 00:18:00 – ScaleIO – interesting usage model (although this has changed)

* 00:20:00 – Did storage need a benevolent dictator like Linus?

* 00:21:33 – Wrap Up

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