From cd1de166685375147218cc5ffa41d95a8a1e1ecb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Gaul Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 14:13:44 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Improve README blurb Make first sentence more direct, correct grammar errors, and alphabetize providers. --- README.md | 8 ++++++-- README.txt | 12 ++++++------ 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 859bdca79e..4e7adae00e 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,7 +1,11 @@ jclouds ====== -jclouds is an open source library that helps you get started in the cloud and reuse your java and clojure development skills. Our api allows you freedom to use portable abstractions or cloud-specific features. We test support of 30 cloud providers and cloud software stacks, including Amazon, GoGrid, Ninefold, vCloud, OpenStack, and Azure. -We offer several API abstractions as java and clojure libraries. The following are the most mature: +jclouds allows provisioning and control of cloud resources, including blobstore +and compute, from Java and Clojure. Our API gives allows developers to use +both portable abstractions and cloud-specific features. We test support of 30 +cloud providers and cloud software stacks, including Amazon, Azure, GoGrid, +Ninefold, OpenStack, and vCloud. jclouds is licensed under the Apache License, +Version 2.0 Features -------- diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt index 2bb3cce533..296958ecec 100644 --- a/README.txt +++ b/README.txt @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ Overview: -jclouds is an open source library that helps you get started in the cloud -and reuse your java and clojure development skills. Our api allows you to -freedom to use portable abstractions or cloud-specific features. We have -two abstractions at the moment: compute and blobstore. compute helps you -bootstrap machines in the cloud. blobstore helps you manage key-value -data. +jclouds allows provisioning and control of cloud resources, including blobstore +and compute, from Java and Clojure. Our API gives allows developers to use +both portable abstractions and cloud-specific features. We test support of 30 +cloud providers and cloud software stacks, including Amazon, Azure, GoGrid, +Ninefold, OpenStack, and vCloud. jclouds is licensed under the Apache License, +Version 2.0 our current version is 1.4.2 our next maintenance version is 1.4.2-SNAPSHOT