[OmniOS-discuss] OmniOS future

[Eric Sproul]

On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 5:16 AM, Robin Smidsrød <robin at smidsrod.no> wrote:
> On 16.04.2013 04:46, G B wrote:
>> 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.

We created OmniOS to meet our own needs, and we thought others might
have similar needs.  The bottom line is that we made it for ourselves,
so we have "skin in the game" beyond a purely financial interest.

Eric