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

Tue Nov 28 20:59:36 UTC 2017

Hi All

Over the last few days we got several suggestions on the income front.
These are the things we are looking into at the moment:

* Invoice generator: To create a downloadable invoice
  for a OmniOS CE voluntary License (ideas for a good name welcome)
  You will be able to specify your address and the invoice amount

* Gold/Silver/Bronce Sponsorship contracts where your logo will be shown
  on our the website.

* Genuine Support Contracts where we will help you with your OmniOS issues.

details to come.

cheers
tobi 

----- On Nov 28, 2017, at 2:20 PM, Johan Kragsterman johan.kragsterman at capvert.se wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> 
> I believe that is a good way to go, to offer marketing space and perhaps other
> marketing possibilities for the sponsors.
> 
> That is a much preferred option than cutting off the community from certain
> publishers, or other "cut offs", because that would only cause bad blood.
> 
> 
> Best regards from/Med vänliga hälsningar från
> 
> Johan Kragsterman
> 
> Capvert
> 
> 
> 
> -----"OmniOS-discuss" <omnios-discuss-bounces at lists.omniti.com> skrev: -----
> Till: omnios-discuss at lists.omniti.com
> Från: Guenther Alka
> Sänt av: "OmniOS-discuss"
> Datum: 2017-11-28 14:00
> Ärende: Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Investing into the Future of OmniOS Community
> Edition
> 
> hello Tobias
> 
> During a contact with a storage systemhouse that intends to offer OmniOS
> as an additional storage OS, I asked about sponsoring of OmniOS ce and I
> was asked if there would be an option of something like a
> gold/silver/bronce patron to bepublished on the patron page.
> 
> 
> Gea
> 
> 
> Am 27.11.2017 um 13:52 schrieb Tobias Oetiker:
>> Hi Stephan, Hi Guenther
>>
>> the proforma invoice, yes we will look into that ... what we also discussed is
>> offering some repo with pre compiled packages for a fee. but we are not there
>> yet. still trusting that users realize that omnios does not create itself out
>> of thin air. applying some business logic and risk analysis should make this
>> abundantly clear to most people with business responsibilities.
>>
>> cheers
>> tobi
>>
>> ----- On Nov 27, 2017, at 10:52 AM, Stephan Budach stephan.budach at jvm.de wrote:
>>
>>> +1
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Stephan
>>>
>>> ----- Ursprüngliche Mail -----
>>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> OmniOS Community Edition Association
>>>>> Aarweg 17, 4600 Olten, Switzerland
>>>>> www.omniosce.org
>>>>> info at omniosce.org
>>>>>
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