> I think this misses a much larger issue, which is that running your own datacenters (or just your own hardware) is becoming very unpopular. Except that the c

> I think this misses a much larger issue, which is that running your own datacenters (or just your own hardware) is becoming very unpopular. Except that the commercial cloud is exorbitantly expensive, especially for persistent (i.e., always on) services. If your business has already invested in brick and mortar infrastructure, networks, sys admins etc. having an on-prem OpenStack cloud looks like a more appealing prospect especially for big projects and medium/large companies. Having employed OpenStack for a number of years, it is true that it does not always feel like a first class citizen. YMMV.