# [OmniOS-discuss] OmniOS future

Theo Schlossnagle jesus at omniti.com
Tue Apr 16 23:41:57 EDT 2013

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    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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