This document discusses OpenStack, an open source cloud computing platform. It provides OpenStack's mission statement to create a simple and scalable cloud platform. OpenStack controls compute, storage, and networking through projects like Nova (compute), Cinder (block storage), Quantum (networking), Glance (image registry), Keystone (identity), Swift (object storage), and Horizon (dashboard). The document outlines OpenStack's architecture, community involvement, code repositories, distributions, and the upcoming Grizzly release.