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[RFE] Equinix Metal exit interview / thank you blog post

Open t-lo opened this issue 2 weeks ago • 5 comments

Current situation

We've moved out of Equinix Metal, who have proudly sponsored Flatcar infrastructure for years.

Impact

Equinix Metal and their faithful, massive, year-long support of Flatcar is in danger of fading from the memory of our community.

Ideal future situation

We have an "exit interview", shared blog post, and/or recording discussing our roots with Packet and Equinix Metal's continued support after acquiring Packet.

Closes: https://github.com/flatcar/Flatcar/issues/1660

t-lo avatar Dec 11 '25 10:12 t-lo

From a maintainer perspective, I can surely say that Flatcar won't be what it is today without Equinix Metal sponsoring.

tormath1 avatar Dec 11 '25 11:12 tormath1

@tormath1 @t-lo I am working on the shared blog here.

LexiNadolski avatar Dec 11 '25 14:12 LexiNadolski

Thanks @LexiNadolski ! For what is worth, you can open a PR on the flatcar-website as well, e.g: https://github.com/flatcar/flatcar-website/pull/394 - that sometimes easier to gather feedback (and it provides a preview of the blogpost)

tormath1 avatar Dec 11 '25 15:12 tormath1

Thanks @LexiNadolski for the draft. I've requested access to put in a few comments but I also agree with @tormath1 about putting a PR on the website repo will help gather feedback better

sayanchowdhury avatar Dec 12 '25 08:12 sayanchowdhury

@tormath1 @sayanchowdhury I submitted a PR on the website repo for edits https://github.com/flatcar/flatcar-website/pull/510

LexiNadolski avatar Dec 12 '25 12:12 LexiNadolski