[OmniOS-discuss] OmniOS future

[Theo Schlossnagle]

To be clear... all of you that use OmniOS commercially... if you buy
commercial support (which is quite inexpensive), you can help ensure that
we remain cashflow positive. Just sayin'

:-D


On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 11:20 PM, Geoff Nordli <geoffn at gnaa.net> wrote:

> 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<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
>
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