Thanks to everyone who provided feedback over the past year. The poll is closed and in accordance with the winning option Amazon will soon begin charging TurnKey users on EC2 a modest 10% premium on hourly usage fees.
The change will take effect in about two weeks, which should be just in time for the new TurnKey Linux 11 release, based on Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid, the most recent version of Ubuntu with Long Term Support.
Currently this modest premium will only provide the project with a few hundred dollars each month. Not much, but enough to cover some costs.
With the next release we're hoping to see usage increase significantly so that this premium will eventually add up to something meaningful that can help support future development.
Many thanks to the hundreds who voted in the survey and participated in the discussion throughout the last year.
At the time of poll closing, the results were as follows:
29% of you voted for 10%
25% of you voted for 0%
23% of you voted for 5%
22% of you voted for 15%+
For those of you who didn't follow the discussion, a few alternative ideas were introduced, including charging a fixed monthly fee instead of incremental hourly fees. We considered this, but ultimately decided that fixed pricing, though more financially lucrative for the project, would be a poor fit for the majority of our users. For example, is it reasonable to ask an individual that wants to run a quick 1 hour demo to support the project in the same proportion as a company running multiple instances 24x7?
To everyone who participated in the beta over the last year, thanks for trying out TurnKey Linux on Amazon EC2 and providing feedback!
Poll closed - adding 10% premium on usage fees
Thanks to everyone who provided feedback over the past year. The poll is closed and in accordance with the winning option Amazon will soon begin charging TurnKey users on EC2 a modest 10% premium on hourly usage fees.
The change will take effect in about two weeks, which should be just in time for the new TurnKey Linux 11 release, based on Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid, the most recent version of Ubuntu with Long Term Support.
Currently this modest premium will only provide the project with a few hundred dollars each month. Not much, but enough to cover some costs.
With the next release we're hoping to see usage increase significantly so that this premium will eventually add up to something meaningful that can help support future development.
Many thanks to the hundreds who voted in the survey and participated in the discussion throughout the last year.
At the time of poll closing, the results were as follows:
For those of you who didn't follow the discussion, a few alternative ideas were introduced, including charging a fixed monthly fee instead of incremental hourly fees. We considered this, but ultimately decided that fixed pricing, though more financially lucrative for the project, would be a poor fit for the majority of our users. For example, is it reasonable to ask an individual that wants to run a quick 1 hour demo to support the project in the same proportion as a company running multiple instances 24x7?
To everyone who participated in the beta over the last year, thanks for trying out TurnKey Linux on Amazon EC2 and providing feedback!