[OmniOS-discuss] OmniOS future

Robin Smidsrød robin at smidsrod.no
Tue Apr 16 05:16:33 EDT 2013


On 16.04.2013 04:46, G B wrote:
> Presently I am running on OpenBSD for my websites and mail servers and
> my thought was to run on OpenIndiana, but due to its slow development
> and survival I am looking for alternatives; one of which is OmniOS.
> 
> My question is simple:  what is the commitment of OmniTI to OmniOS?  I
> realize they've invested time & money on the development of OmniOS, but
> if companies are not buying commercial support for it and there isn't a
> demand, will OmniTI pull the proverbial plug on OmniOS? 
> 
> That is my concern.  If it can be alleviated, then my decision is much
> simpler.

Did you watch
https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa12/omnios-motivation-and-design ?

If you didn't, hopefully it will answer some of your questions. If it
doesn't, then hopefully some of the core developers (not me) can give
some more details.

-- Robin



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