[OpenIndiana-discuss] Future of OI

[Brian Hechinger]

OmniOS.

-brian

On 12/10/2012 10:51 AM, steve at linuxsuite.org wrote:
>      I want an open source, community based ZFS storage backend.
>
>      Is OI the correct choice?? Seems to work OK. I don't want a gui
>
>      Is there an alternative? No, ZFS on FreeBSD/Linux doesn't cut it.
>
>       -steve
>
>> i would be happy, if OI can be a success story
>>
>> but
>> - who leads the development?
>> - which major enterprise/ organisation stays behind?
>>
>> the current answer is: none
>>
>> If you look at http://echelog.com/logs/browse/oi-dev/
>> there is no discuss
>>
>> If you check last developer meetings at wiki.openindiana.org
>> last was last year ( at the moment  openindiana.org is offline at all)
>>
>> If you look at comments from Illumos: no future for a general use OS like
>> OI
>> http://gdamore.blogspot.de/2012/08/response-to-alasdairs-resignation.html
>>
>> I hope, you may be right.
>> While SmartOS and OmniOS can replace OI on servers, they are not as
>> widespreaded or known at all.
>>
>>
>> Gea
>> napp-it.org
>>
>>
>> Am 07.12.2012 um 23:35 schrieb Bob Friesenhahn:
>>
>>> On Fri, 7 Dec 2012, alka wrote:
>>>
>>>> hi all
>>>>
>>>> Currently  i use and recommend OI as the main ZFS/Illumos based
>>>> platform-
>>>> but its more than obvious that the future development is stalled.
>>> What causes you to believe that future development is stalled?
>>>
>>> I am a couple of minor updates behind (on u5 rather than u7) but the
>>> update manager says that there are over 900 packages to be updated. That
>>> does not feel like "stalled" to me.
>>>
>>> Bob
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