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[Doug Hellmann <doug.hellmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 8:39 AM, Thierry Carrez <thierry@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Philipp Wollermann wrote:
> > What's the advantage of replacing the native EC2 compatibility layer
> with AWSOME from a user / operator point of view?
>
> One thing that was mentioned is that the proxy could be run on top of a
> public cloud that chose to only deploy OpenStack API support.
>

It also makes project management easier, as the people interested in
maintaining it can focus on the separate repository.

Doug