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.kragster...@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-boun...@lists.omniti.com> skrev: ----- > Till: omnios-discuss@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.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 >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> OmniOS Community Edition Association >>>>> Aarweg 17, 4600 Olten, Switzerland >>>>> www.omniosce.org >>>>> i...@omniosce.org >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> OmniOS-discuss mailing list >>>>> OmniOS-discuss@lists.omniti.com >>>>> http://lists.omniti.com/mailman/listinfo/omnios-discuss >>>>> >>> > > _______________________________________________ > OmniOS-discuss mailing list > OmniOS-discuss@lists.omniti.com > http://lists.omniti.com/mailman/listinfo/omnios-discuss > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > OmniOS-discuss mailing list > OmniOS-discuss@lists.omniti.com > http://lists.omniti.com/mailman/listinfo/omnios-discuss -- Tobi Oetiker, OETIKER+PARTNER AG, Aarweg 15 CH-4600 Olten, Switzerland www.oetiker.ch t...@oetiker.ch +41 62 775 9902 _______________________________________________ OmniOS-discuss mailing list OmniOS-discuss@lists.omniti.com http://lists.omniti.com/mailman/listinfo/omnios-discuss
