有谁知道要加入云社区需要做什么？
我一直在关注 cloud.com 和 eucalyptus.com 上的参与请求，
我阅读了他们的大量文档并观看了 cloud.com 的视频，尤其是 cloud.com 上的介绍性视频是一个很好的例子，有人说：四分钟内什么也没说，同时向你保证他所说的内容“很酷”。
我曾经玩过一些《克苏鲁的呼唤》，并且对卷入试图通过奇异仪式召唤远古诸神的邪教持谨慎态度。当社区对自己的所作所为如此谨慎、模糊和不确定时，我不得不想……
一个人到底会为这些社区做出什么贡献？除了能够在简历上玩流行语宾果游戏之外，贡献还能带来什么好处？
为了上下文的缘故。我问这个问题是因为我们正在使用的外包开发人员正在参与亚马逊 ec2 的工作，并且我们一直在研究这些服务。为了让我能够理解所有这些令人惊叹的 IaaS 东西是如何工作的，我想在其中一探究竟，但我不会自掏腰包这样做，坦率地说，我们办公室里没有人完全理解这是如何运作的。所有的工作都有效，并且在拥有公司信用卡的人“得到”它之前，该企业不太可能吸引预算。通常我发现经验是最好的老师，但我不知道我应该经历什么，也不知道如何最好地体验它。
我想这可以归结为：是否有任何类似于 ec2 的云服务我可以免费“尝试”？如果没有，是否有人可以在不使用当前商业风格的同义词库（充斥着“酷”一词）的情况下解释它？
I've been looking at the plaintive entreaties for participation on cloud.com and eucalyptus.com
I have read much of their documentation and looked at cloud.com's videos, the introductory video on cloud.com in particular is a fine example of someone saying nothing for four minutes while reassuring you that what he's talking about is "cool".
I've played a bit of Call of Cthulhu in my time and am wary of getting involved with cults trying to invoke elder gods through bizarre rituals. When communities are so cagey, vague and inconclusive about what it is they do I have to wonder...
What the hell would one do in contributing to these communities? What benefit does contributing confer apart from being able to play buzzword bingo on your resume?
For context sake. I am asking this because an outsource developer we are using is getting involved with amazon ec2 stuff and we've been having a look at those services. So that I can understand how all this whizz-bang IaaS stuff works I'd like to poke about in one but I'm not paying to do so out of my own pocket and, frankly, no one in our office fully understands how this all works and the venture is unlikely to attract budget until someone with the company credit card "gets" it. Usually I have found experience is the best teacher but I don't know what I am supposed to be experiencing or how best to experience it.
I guess this boils down to: is there any kind of cloud service similar to ec2 I could "have a go" with for free? And if not is there anyone who can explain it without using a thesaurus of current business flavours du jour sprinkled liberally with the word "cool"?
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我带着一些恐惧尝试回答你的问题（第一次回答，请友善:)）。
你的问题并不愚蠢——这正是我自己想弄清楚的，实施云计算的令人信服的理由是什么？我是 OpenStack 的技术作家，我想为我们正在创建的一些虚拟“尝试”映像编写一些入门教程。
标题问题“如何参与云社区”实际上取决于社区。我们还很早，所以社区参与是相当技术性的 - 获得一个 Launchpad 帐户，尝试代码，在 IRC 和邮件列表上与我们交谈。其他社区会有不同的参与模式。
总之，我认为您可以尝试 OpenStack 的开发人员预览版，感受一下我们的社区，并使用 VirtualBox 来使用云结构控制器（上下旋转虚拟机等）。
因此，如果您想尝试 OpenStack 的 Compute（又名 Launchpad 上的 Nova），请下载 Virtual Box，然后通过 从这里下载。解压缩该映像，然后启动 Virtual Box。 zip 文件中有一个自述文件，其中包含分步说明（不是超级无懈可击，但我正在测试它们）。我自己想学习的是“*aaS 的好的入门教程是什么？”
It's with some intrepidation that I try to answer your question (first time answerer, be kind :) ).
Your line of questioning isn't silly - it is just what I'm trying to figure out myself, what are the compelling reasons to implement cloud computing? I'm the technical writer for OpenStack, and I want to write some starter tutorials for some virtual "try it out" images we're creating.
The title question, "what to do to participate in a cloud community" really depends on the community. We're so early-on that community participation is pretty technical - get a Launchpad account, try out the code, talk to us on IRC and mailing lists. Other communities would have different participation patterns.
In summary, I think you could try OpenStack's developer preview out, get a feel for our community, and play with the cloud fabric controller (spin virtual machines up and down and so on) using VirtualBox.
So, if you want to try out OpenStack's Compute (aka Nova on Launchpad), download Virtual Box, and then get the image by downloading from here. Unzip the image, then start Virtual Box. There's a readme in the zip file that has step-by-step instructions (not super air-tight, but I'm testing them). What I'm trying to learn myself is "what's a good starter tutorial for *aaS?"
我想你会发现 启动 OpenStack 云服务的 10 个步骤，读起来很有趣。这都是关于如何让主要服务（即代码贡献）被 OpenStack 接受。
I think you'd find 10 Steps to Initiating an OpenStack Cloud Service an interesting read. It's all about how to get a major service (i.e. code contribution) accepted into OpenStack.
我不知道是否有免费的云提供商 - 但 EC2 不会伤害您。我每天在办公室使用它，通过公司卡计费，并用它来进行个人项目，通过我自己的卡计费。
注册 EC2 是免费的，如果您作为购买者已经拥有 Amazon 帐户，那么只需点击几下即可。将微型或小型实例旋转几个小时来使用它会花费您几美分。让它继续运行，您将冒险进入英镑领域 - 但我们说的是一个月的使用费用为 10 或 20 英镑。显然，发射中型或大型（或更大）的火力，你会以更高的速度累积费用。终止任何实例并取消您可能创建的任何存储，计费将降至零。
EC2 定价位于此处。
I don't know if there are any free Cloud providers - but EC2 isn't going to hurt you. I work with it daily in the office, billed to a corporate card, and I use it for personal projects billed to my own card.
Signup to EC2 is free, and if you already have an Amazon account as a purchaser then it's just a couple of clicks. Spinning-up a Micro or Small instance for a few hours to play with it will set you back a few pence. Leave it running and you'll venture into pounds territory - but we're talking £10 or £20 for a months' usage. Fire a Medium or Large (or larger) up, and you'll accrue charges at a higher rate, obviously. Terminate any instances and zap any storage you might have created, and the billing drops to zero.
EC2 pricing is here.
有多种选择。然而，在我看来，最有用和最简单的选择是使用 OpenStack。阅读相关内容。访问 devstack.org 和 OpenStack 官方网站并将其安装到您的系统上。观察它并弄清楚它是如何工作的。一旦您对其工作和代码结构感到满意，请转到启动板并选择您认为可以解决的问题，然后学习 git（如果您还不知道），然后提出您的解决方案。联系与您希望从事的项目相关的 IRC 频道。随着时间的推移，你会开始享受它。
There are various options. However in my opinion, the most useful and easy options would be to go along with OpenStack. Read about it. Visit devstack.org, and OpenStack official website and install it on your system. Observe it and figure out how it works. Once you are comfortable with its working and code structure, go to launchpad and pick problems you think you can solve it then learn git( if you don't know already) then propose your solution. Get in touch with IRC channel associated with the project you wish to work upon. And with time you will start enjoying it.