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What if the CNCF was private equity?

March 17, 2024 • Massive Studios

0:00 | 22:53

For years, the CNCF has been the central governance body for cloud-native projects. But are there too many projects now? What if the CNCF was less governance and more like private equity?

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WHY DOESN’T THE CNCF RECOMMEND A CLOUD-NATIVE STACK?

Originally the CNCF was just trying to get projects to use them for governance.
Many people wanted them to “define” a cloud-native stack.
Defining a stack would have held back their business model - accepting projects and adding sponsors

HOW MANY PROJECTS WOULD GET “CNCF APPROVED” IF THEY TOOK A PRIVATE EQUITY APPROACH?

CNCF currently has 184 projects, up 4x over the last 4 years.
14% graduates, 20% incubating, 62% sandbox
Does the CNCF suffer from the “Big Tent” problem that caused so many issues with OpenStack?
KubeCon keynotes are just a list of projects giving status updates - they could be an email.
How many projects should the CNCF sponsor? How many categories should remain?
How would a private equity group apply metrics to CNCF projects?

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