Comments on: Opscode raises $2.5M to manage cloud applications http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/24/opscode-raises-25m-to-manage-cloud-applications/ News About Tech, Money and Innovation Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:43:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: jesserobbins http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/24/opscode-raises-25m-to-manage-cloud-applications/comment-page-1/#comment-874598 jesserobbins Sun, 26 Apr 2009 05:46:09 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=106645#comment-874598 To quote Luke Kanies of Reductive Labs (Puppet's corporate parent):<br>> To be clear here, Chef isn't Puppet rebundled or anything; it takes a <br>> lot of Puppet's obvious advancements, but it doesn't share any code<br><br>Chef was born out of Opscode's experience building fully automated production infrastructures with a variety of tools. That experience helped us define clear requirements for tool that went far beyond traditional configuration management. After surveying many different Open Source tools, we found that none met our needs and so we created our own. <br><br>You can learn more about why we made Chef at the links below:<br> * <a href="http://blog.opscode.com/2009/01/9-things-to-like-about-chef.html" rel="nofollow">http://blog.opscode.com/2009/01/9-things-to-lik...</a><br> * <a href="http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/FAQ" rel="nofollow">http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/FAQ</a><br><br>Sincerely,<br>Jesse Robbins<br>CEO & Cofounder, Opscode To quote Luke Kanies of Reductive Labs (Puppet's corporate parent):
> To be clear here, Chef isn't Puppet rebundled or anything; it takes a
> lot of Puppet's obvious advancements, but it doesn't share any code

Chef was born out of Opscode's experience building fully automated production infrastructures with a variety of tools. That experience helped us define clear requirements for tool that went far beyond traditional configuration management. After surveying many different Open Source tools, we found that none met our needs and so we created our own.

You can learn more about why we made Chef at the links below:
* http://blog.opscode.com/2009/01/9-things-to-lik...
* http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/FAQ

Sincerely,
Jesse Robbins
CEO & Cofounder, Opscode

]]> By: What Puppet http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/24/opscode-raises-25m-to-manage-cloud-applications/comment-page-1/#comment-874597 What Puppet Sat, 25 Apr 2009 08:14:39 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=106645#comment-874597 Aren't these the guys that forked Puppet and pretend like the wrote all the code. Me thinks, yes. Aren't these the guys that forked Puppet and pretend like the wrote all the code. Me thinks, yes.

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