1. Lars Kurth
Community Manager, Xen Project
Chairman, Xen Project Advisory Board
Director, Open Source, Citrix
lars_kurth

6. Developer list traffic : Q3 2003 - now
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003

7. 6
Hypervisor
Mirage OS
18
47
3
42
20
95
XAPI
63
26
58
3
26
14
2003
2004
Source: Git Repos + GitDM
2005
2006
69
2007
2008
40
35
20
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013(Q3)

8. Incomplete
Growth in Q2 & Q3
was14 per quarter
Last contribution to
Hypervisor in 2005
95
97
69
63
58
56
46
35
26
40
26
21
14
20
27
16
3
2003
52
2004
Source: Git Repos + GitDM
2005
2006
2007
2008
2
1
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013(Q3)

9. 100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
2010
UPC
GridCentric
AWS
Linaro
(Individual)
2011
Spectra Logic
Calxeda
(Academia)
Oracle
Suse
2012
2013 (H1)
Redhat
iweb
Fujitsu
(Misc)
John Hopkins University
AMD
NSA
Intel
Citrix

10. Project perception has changed dramatically
Neutral to positive (example: eWeek “How Xen got its Zen back”)
No more Xen bashing
Press clips
Talks / Events / Orgs
500
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
400
300
200
100
0
Q4 2012
Q1 2013
Q2 2013
Q3 2013
2010
2011
2012
2013 (Q3)

12. Follow Industry News
Follow Project News
Trial Software
Adopt Software
Engage with Users
Engage with Industry
Evangelize
Customize
Contribute
Lead

13. Follow Industry News
Follow Project News
Trial Software
How the Project is seen
in the IT Industry drives …
Adopt Software
Engage with Users
Engage with Industry
Adoption by
Users
Evangelize
Customize
Contribute
Lead
Contributions
Products
Distros

15. Follow Industry News
Follow Project News
Trial Software
Adopt Software
Engage with Users
Maintain and increase
momentum around the Xen
Project in the industry.
Increase upstream Xen Hypervisor by
funding a Test-as-a-Service infrastructure
to help the community.
Engage with Industry
Evangelize
Customize
Contribute
Lead
Nurture the Xen Project development
community and grow the Xen talent pool.
For example by funding student programs.

17. Communication and Evangelism
Majority of communication from Citrix employees
Ask:
Write a post for blog.xenproject.org once a year
Or on your company blog
Submit a talk once a year at a local OSS event

18. Getting Started Experience
More and better documentation
Better Integration with distros
Integration with upstreams
Ask:
Participate in Documentation Days
Participate in Test Days
Think about Users when writing code
Document new features
Help with user lists and forums

19. Making it easier to join the Project
Bite size work items
Documenting code
Ask:
Maintain the Xen_Development_Projects list
Document APIs / New Features
Mentor a Student
More Reviewers
(starting to get bottlenecks)

20. Quality
Test Days
Test Framework
Writing Tests with Code
How we handle bugs
Ask:
Write new tests when you develop features
Participate in discussions related to Test Infrastructure
Make use of bugs.xenproject.org

21. Enjoy the Xen Project Developer Summit