--- title: "Try Out OpenShift Today" id: "2246" type: "post" slug: "try-out-openshift-today" published_at: "2011-05-04T22:53:06+00:00" modified_at: "2014-04-12T20:35:35+00:00" url: "https://johnpoelstra.com/try-out-openshift-today/" markdown_url: "https://johnpoelstra.com/try-out-openshift-today.md" excerpt: "I couldn’t be prouder of today’s OpenShift (PAAS–Platform as a Service) cloud announcement by Red Hat. It’s not often that you get to be project manager on a release this big or exciting. It was a massive team effort involving......" taxonomy_category: - "Productivity" - "Software & Technology" taxonomy_post_tag: - "Fedora" - "Linux" - "Open Source" - "RHEL" --- [Skip to the content](#site-content) [John Poelstra](https://johnpoelstra.com) ### Bringing order to chaos and clarity to confusion - [One Conversation](https://johnpoelstra.com/) - [Podcast](https://johnpoelstra.com/category/podcast/) - [Coaching for Directors](https://johnpoelstra.com/coach/) - [About](https://johnpoelstra.com/about/) Toggle search field - [One Conversation](https://johnpoelstra.com/) - [Podcast](https://johnpoelstra.com/category/podcast/) - [Coaching for Directors](https://johnpoelstra.com/coach/) - [About](https://johnpoelstra.com/about/) # [Try Out OpenShift Today](https://johnpoelstra.com/try-out-openshift-today/) [http://openshift.redhat.com/](http://openshift.redhat.com/) I couldn’t be prouder of today’s [OpenShift](http://openshift.redhat.com/app/) (PAAS–Platform as a Service) cloud announcement by Red Hat. It’s not often that you get to be project manager on a release this big or exciting. It was a massive team effort involving many smart and driven people at Red Hat and it was inspiring to work along side them. If you’re looking for a free place to host your unmodified PHP, Ruby, or Python application, look no further than [OpenShift Express](http://openshift.redhat.com/app/express) . See the OpenShift site for for [more information about Express and the other offerings.](https://www.redhat.com/openshift/faq#faq-expand-all-link) This is the culmination of one of the roles I assumed after [transitioning from Fedora](https://johnpoelstra.com/2010/09/30/want-to-be-the-next-fedora-program-manager/) in November 2010. Another project I took on will also soon release in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1. It is an elegant, comprehensive certificate based system for managing your Red Hat subscriptions that goes beyond the existing Red Hat Network. This project was also particularly interesting and challenging since it involved a number of groups inside Red Hat I haven’t worked with before. Speaking of [Fedora](http://fedoraproject.org/) , I hear they are on track for shipping Fedora 15 on May 24, 2011! I’ve enjoyed being obliviously unaware of the trials and travails of this release cycle while appreciating the very polished and stable Fedora 15 beta release. I wasn’t too sure I would like GNOME 3 after what I’d heard about the [laptop power experience](https://johnpoelstra.com/2011/02/23/gnome-power-management-goes-too-far/) , but I do like it. I most miss the ability to see multiple time zones under the calendar and also find the calendar dim and hard to read at a glance. For now they are minor inconveniences. #### John Poelstra John Poelstra coaches directors in finance and software. Trained through the Co-Active Training Institute, he has coached for more than 10 years, with over 520 clients and 3,150 sessions, including people at well-known Fortune 100 companies. In over 30 years of professional experience, he spent 25 in technology and finance: software testing, project management and team leadership at Red Hat and Dell/EMC, and finance as a bank auditor at Wells Fargo and a CPA at Grant Thornton. He hosts The John Poelstra Show podcast and is based in Portland, Oregon. [Author archive](https://johnpoelstra.com/author/john-poelstra/) [Author website](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-john-poelstra-show/id1130635146) May 4, 2011 [Productivity](https://johnpoelstra.com/category/productivity/) , [Software & Technology](https://johnpoelstra.com/category/software/) [Fedora](https://johnpoelstra.com/tag/fedora/) , [Linux](https://johnpoelstra.com/tag/linux/) , [Open Source](https://johnpoelstra.com/tag/open-source/) , [RHEL](https://johnpoelstra.com/tag/rhel/) [Previous post](https://johnpoelstra.com/rip-fedora-talk/) [Next post](https://johnpoelstra.com/amazon-makes-a-great-apology/) ## 1 Comment ## [Add yours](#respond) 1. [Matt Zimmerman](http://mdzlog.alcor.net/) [May 11, 2011 at 4:56 am](https://johnpoelstra.com/try-out-openshift-today/#comment-716) [Reply](#comment-716) Congratulations on the launch. I haven’t had a chance to try out OpenShift yet, but it sounds like good tech. I look forward to learning more. 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