draga79

I like it. It's not perfect, but it's a good way to make sure that platforms will continue to be able to federate. They're evolving and things will improve. The experience is much better today, compared to some years ago.

Exactly. Same price but better specs. The current provider is OVH and they recently started to host VMs in Italy.

It doesn't. You can Always translate the text in your favourite language. The project aims to send the forecasts to the users, so can't be multilingual. Anyway, that's the reason why there are the emojis. Those ones are international.

Thank you!

Thanks!

Thank you!

thank you!

thanks!

this: https://www.netcup.com/de/server/vps/vps-500-g11s

I've explained it here, even if it's a bit long: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnVp25-6Qao

They do. And yes, choosing a good distribution will help. But the fact that most servers run Linux isn't indicating it's the best choice. Most desktops run Windows - and this doesn't mean it's the best desktop OS :-)

For a desktop experience? Sure! For a server that needs to be supported for many years? Well...

This is a bit long, but I replied here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnVp25-6Qao

Exactly. That's why I didn't enable it

That's the point!

It's a Minisforum UN150P

Of course, you're free to think that. Sometimes dynamics aren't very linear and people are more inclined to avoid problems rather than create more. The concern about this company was obviously well-founded and valid, and the people involved didn't like it. Some of the choices they made were undoubtedly questionable, and I admit I was disappointed. Of course, I couldn't tell the whole story or all the details, but in the end, the company didn't get away with it completely. This event gained some traction through word-of-mouth among colleagues, and their user base plummeted in a short time.

PS: thank you for your suggestion!

I've modified this sentence, I hope it's clearer now:

They had already received a proposal - expensive but, when compared to similar offers made to other organizations, apparently reasonable — for a managed service hosted by an external provider and based on an open source mail stack. The company offered a managed version with its own proprietary additions and enterprise support.

The catch? While such pricing had become almost "normal" in the market, it was still wildly inflated considering what was actually being delivered. Agency A already had solid infrastructure - reputable IP classes, redundant datacenters, everything running smoothly. We had built and maintained that environment for years, and it was still performing perfectly.

The price was reasonable given the average quotes received by similar entities and the prices on the market, but it was absurd when considering the service provided. Perhaps I didn't make that point clear, and I'll likely modify it slightly. The concept is that the price, which was initially acceptable to them, was in fact absurd when viewed in terms of what was being provided.

Updating Exchange would have meant spending a lot on new licenses to upgrade to a new release, and public administrations were encouraged to seek open-source solutions. The underlying server infrastructure was solid, but the VM with Exchange was now old. The entire setup would have needed to be redone. The second paragraph, on the other hand, says that the quote was "acceptable" for them, knowing the average costs for that service. But it was also very high, even in the opinion of the IT manager.

This isn't AI slop. These are real-life experiences. The goal is to raise awareness that open source doesn't always and necessarily mean freedom: lock-in exists.

No problem. Given the amount of content generated by "AI" today, the doubt is more than legitimate.

Exactly!

It's not...

The point is: always own your data

Totally agree (but I may be biased :-) )

Thank you! I haven't set a donation link, yet. But I have for the BSD Cafe and some great people donated some coffees, in the last two years.

You're right, but 'for now' is the key! :-) To launch a new project, not funded by anyone, I'm using some "spare" hardware space. The final idea is to make it a full illumos setup (on bare metal).

FreeBSD - The software actually already runs on that OS, and I offered to conduct thorough tests, even in edge cases. I never asked for official support for the OS.

I'm the author of the post. While I haven't shared all the details for various reasons, I can confirm the private contact wasn't made via LinkedIn (I also get tons of spam!). The author is aware of who I am. My aim wasn't to ask for anything strange; the software is perfectly okay as it is, and that's great! I was simply trying to ensure it will be supported and that I don't propose a solution to my customers that lacks a long-term plan.