[BlueOnyx:00250] Re: upgrading to BlueOnyx ?

[Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet]

rcaron wrote:
> Mr. Julliet Smit wrote:
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>> available to buy these webinstall "pkg's" ?!? (on the website of Brian 
>> there where about 30 available)
>>
>> Are the people who are not upgrading to BlueOnyx ?

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> I feel the same.  I like to upgrade but I just put a 10 new server in a 
> few months with all of Brian's software pkg's.  And Brian was helping me 
> with custom Applications.  Now I feel that we have to lean on to 
> Solarspeed.  I don't know what to think.

Here is my 2 cents, and it is based off our having over 200 BlueQuartz 
servers in production in our datacenter - comprised of our own 
webhosting network, dedicated servers, and customer-owned colocated 
equipment.

We are working towards a migration to BlueOnyx.

Obviously, it won't happen overnight.

Like many of you, I was also disappointed to see Brian call it quits, 
and so suddenly.  Certainly, I wish him the best and I understand that 
sometimes the needs of others don't always coincide directly with the 
best interests of my business!  ;)   We also have purchased many of the 
Nuonce packages over the years.

Now, looking to the future, my staff and I have had a good deal of 
discussion on this.   We feel that BlueQuartz will probably be around 
for a good long time.  I do not think that it will disappear.  However, 
we have felt for some time that it has been withering on the vine.  The 
most prolific contributor to the project has been Michael Stauber of 
Solarspeed.  His contributions to the BlueQuartz codebase over the 
course of the past 2 years has unfortunately been largely ignored or 
pushed back by the maintainers.  I do not say that with malice or to be 
accusatory.  It's just the case.

Having worked extensively with Michael in the past, knowing him by 
reputation back in the Cobalt days, and also knowing that many of our 
customers enjoy his services for systems that they host with us I have 
absolutely no hesitation in recommending Solarspeed.

One important difference that I should point out is that Brian (as noted 
in his good-bye message) operated Nuonce in his spare time.  Solarspeed 
is a full-time operation.  I'll let Michael speak to that if he chooses.

 From a practicality standpoint, we are moving to BlueOnyx for 3 big 
reasons:

1) CentOS 5
2) single-CD installer image that is updated and maintained.
3) growing community of developers, lead by Solarspeed.

-- 
Chris Gebhardt
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