--- On Mon, 1/28/13, James Relph <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: James Relph <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OpenIndiana roadmap > To: "Discussion list for OpenIndiana" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, January 28, 2013, 11:31 AM > > This sort of thing is more > easily done if the people doing the work receive > compensation for it rather than doing the work in their > spare time from a different paying job. > > > > If there was an "OpenIndiana Foundation" which could > receive contributions/payments, then it would be possible to > pay someone to act as a security coordinator with > sufficiently real-time response. > > That's certainly something we'd be very interested in > contributing to, I've offered bounties before, but without > an official structure it's just been via this list and > hasn't been replied to (if ever even read by someone who > could do it). > Would a Kickstarter project to fund an OI support group be possible? The problem is you need a certain level of commitments to justify setting up a support operation. I was quite happy to pay Sun for a 3 year Gold level contract on my Ultra 20 when I bought it. $250/yr to fund someone to help when I run into problems would be money well spent to me. Have Fun! Reg _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
