Rackspace and NASA launched a project called OpenStack, which was meant to become an open-source option for running an AWS-style cloud inside of private data centers. The two companies then moved OpenStack to the OpenStack Foundation,

Artist formerly known as OpenStack to huddle under same umbrella as the Cloud Native Computing Foundation The votes are in, confirming that the Open Infrastructure Foundation intends to join the Linux Foundation.

The Open Infrastructure Foundation (OpenInfra) and OpenStack project are joining the Linux Foundation in a move aimed at accelerating collaboration across the open infrastructure ecosystem.