Ten years ago, OpenShift launched to the world. Redhat had recently acquired my 12-person startup, Makara, and then handed the keys to me to run the project. “Go break glass and don’t let anyone get in your way,” was the direction we were given. Many twists and turns happened throughout the journey. This podcast series includes conversations with OpenShift’s founding team reminiscing about the early days and drawing on lessons for today’s founders.
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Issac Roth, John Poelstra, and Scott Crenshaw discuss how OpenShift managed to take Red Hat from acute anxiety to developer groundswell and dominance in the coming cloud. Topics discussed: The business environment that allowed for Red Hat to consider acquiring OpenShift. (“Red Had suffered from acute anxiety about being disintermediated and losing …
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Issac Roth and John Poelstra are joined by Mike McGrath to discuss the early days of OpenShift and how it convinced Red Hat to take a chance to solve its ‘coolness crisis.’ Topics discussed: The technical environment that allowed for Red Hat to consider acquiring OpenShift. Heroku and first-mover advantage. OpenShift’s scatter-shot approach to laun…
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