[OmniOS-discuss] OmniOS future

[Geoff Nordli]

On 13-04-16 02:16 AM, Robin Smidsrød wrote:
> 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.

The part that really sticks out in that presentation is where Theo says 
they are cash flow positive.

You need to have successful businesses model to provide the resources to 
properly support a distro.

Well done!

Geoff