[OmniOS-discuss] Investing into the Future of OmniOS Community Edition

[Stephan Budach]

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Cheers,
Stephan

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> Von: "Guenther Alka" <alka at hfg-gmuend.de>
> An: "omnios-discuss" <omnios-discuss at lists.omniti.com>
> Gesendet: Montag, 27. November 2017 10:15:47
> Betreff: Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Investing into the Future of OmniOS Community	Edition
> 
> hello Tobias
> 
> A pure donation modell (pay for something that is available for free)
> is
> only ok for small amounts from private persons.
> 
> Can this be extended by
> - a function to request a quotation with a given amount together with
> a
> (pro forma) invoice online what makes institutional/edu payments
> possible
> (to accept this quotation, pay the amount until..)
> 
> - with some sort of an extra offer over the free offerings
> maybe a Pro subscription to beta/ bloody releases, a knowledgebase or
> a
> plus repository
> 
> Gea
> 
> 
> Am 26.11.2017 um 23:31 schrieb Tobias Oetiker:
> > Hi All
> >
> > tl;tr? head over to https://omniosce.org/patron and support your
> > favorite OS with a regular donation.
> >
> > Since the OmniOS Community Edition Association has taken over
> > maintenance and care of OmniOSce, things have been moving at a
> > brisk pace.
> >
> >    * Upstream changes from Illumos and Joyent are integrated weekly
> >    into our github repo.
> >
> >    * Security fixes are normally available within hours.
> >
> >    * We have committed to an elaborate long term release plan.
> >
> >    * In early November we have released OmniOS r24 on schedule with
> >    many enhancements.
> >
> >    * Our new website has a lot of new content on feeding and care
> >    of your OmniOS instance.
> >
> > Judging from the 566 systems that have been switched over to our
> > new repos, downloading regular updates, we think there is ample
> > interest in OmniOS. Not even taking into account all those who
> > have not yet upgraded.
> >
> > With the release of OmniOSce r24 we have created the OmniOS Patron
> > Page where you can set up regular contribution or a one time
> > donation to the project.
> >
> > Unfortunately only very few people have yet made the step of
> > actually pledging funds. According to the straw poll conducted in
> > spring, there should be at least 80k USD per year available to
> > those who maintain and release updates for  OmniOS.
> >
> > At the moment we are getting about 25 USD per month from 4
> > individuals. This is pretty bleak and does not even begin to cover
> > the cost of running the show and certainly does not allow us to
> > plan for the future.
> >
> > Head over to https://omniosce.org/patron and let us know how much
> > you value OmniOS and our work. If everybody spent just 20 dollar
> > per system and month things would be looking much brighter
> > already.
> >
> > To put this into perspective: a single O365 Enterprise license
> > costs 35 USD/month. Most individuals pay a similar amount every
> > month for the internet connection or mobile phone contract.
> >
> > Andy Fiddaman
> > Dominik Hassler
> > Tobi Oetiker
> >
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> > www.omniosce.org
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