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.bud...@jvm.de wrote:
+1
Cheers,
Stephan
----- Ursprüngliche Mail -----
Von: "Guenther Alka" <a...@hfg-gmuend.de>
An: "omnios-discuss" <omnios-discuss@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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