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

Stephan Budach stephan.budach at jvm.de
Mon Nov 27 09:52:10 UTC 2017

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    +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
    > >
    > > --
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    > > Aarweg 17, 4600 Olten, Switzerland
    > > www.omniosce.org
    > > info at omniosce.org
    >
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