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+# CloudStack 
+
+CloudStack is a massively scalable free/libre open source Infrastructure as a Service cloud platform. 
+
+Visit us at [cloudstack.org](http://cloudstack.org) or join #cloudstack on irc.freenode.net
+
+## Binary Downloads
+
+Downloads are available from: 
+http://cloudstack.org/download.html
+
+## Supported Hypervisors
+
+* XenServer
+* KVM 
+* VMware ESX/ESXi (via vCenter)
+* Oracle VM
+* XCP
+
+## Mailing lists
+[Announcement Mailing List](https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/cloudstack-announce)
+[Development Mailing List](https://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/cloudstack-devel)
+[Users Mailing list](https://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/cloudstack-users)
+[Commits mailing list](https://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/cloudstack-commits)
+
+