[Ovirt-devel] I'm all for it

[Dennis J.]

On 12/28/2009 08:39 PM, Perry Myers wrote:
> On 12/27/2009 01:14 PM, ovirt at proinbox.com wrote:
>> Hello all-
>>
>> First off I'm not a dev, just a small business owner trying to start up.
>> I don't have a budget for much of anything&  wind up doing most
>> everything myself, which for the last year includes evaluating virtual
>> infrastructure offerings.
>>
>> It's quite discouraging to see just how much doesn't "just work" for
>> someone like me- unfortunately oVirt included (no firmware package to
>> initialize Broadcom NetXtreme II's on the standalone iso). I usually
>> move on when "build" is mentioned&  have no aspirations to learn git&
>> thus, testing oVirt's on pause until a new iso's released.
>
> oVirt is an open source community driven project and like most upstream
> stuff it requires a fair amount of technical aptitude to get running.  We
> are working to try to make it easier to use, but there is definitely a
> difference between upstream projects that you can download and use for
> free and productized versions of those projects where you have a company
> offering formal documentation, training and support.  The phrase, 'you get
> what you pay for' comes to mind. :)

When is oVirt going to reach a stability that makes it possible to consider 
it for deployment? Right now it seems to be too much in flux to roll it out 
in any serious way. What is the roadmap for the project?

Regards,
   Dennis