OpenStack outpaces Amazon, at least by hype
A study conducted by TrendKite shows that at this point OpenStack has more media mentions than Amazon EC2, Eucalyptus, CloudStack and OpenNebula combined. See chart below:
If that is not enough, here is another chart from the same study that appears to show that “OpenStack” media mentions are on par with that of “Cloud Computing.” This implies that most recent articles that talk about cloud computing almost always mention OpenStack… this one is even hard for ME to believe:
Now if this data is accurate, you tell me how Eucalyptus and CloudStack may still have a fighting chance here?