Building a Business on illumos

Rod Boothby, Joyent; Bill Roth, Nexenta; Richard Elling, DEY; moderated by Deirdré Straughan.

On illumos Day, this panel of experts addressed questions such as:

  • How well is illumos supported? (ISVs, ecosystem, developers)
  • What are the legal implications of illumos being open-sourced under the CDDL license?
  • What are the business costs and benefits of illumos vs other open source operating systems?
  • What other challenges do you face in running your business on illumos?


Post written by Deirdré Straughan