On Thu, May 1, 2025, 01:11 Paolo Bonzini <pbonz...@redhat.com> wrote:
> From LWN > > > Lance Albertson writes that the Oregon State University Open Source Lab, > the home of many prominent free-software projects over the years, has run > into financial trouble: > > > > I am writing to inform you about a critical and time-sensitive situation > facing the Open Source Lab. Over the past several years, we have been > operating at a deficit due to a decline in corporate donations. While OSU's > College of Engineering (CoE) has generously filled this gap, recent changes > in university funding have led to a significant reduction in CoE's budget. > As a result, our current funding model is no longer sustainable and CoE > needs to find ways to cut programs. > > Earlier this week, I was informed that unless we secure $250,000 in > committed funds, the OSL will be forced to shut down later this year. > > I propose migrating the two VMs we have to Digital Ocean and scrapping the > DO Kubernetes cluster. However that means we need to move CI to Amazon in > the next 1-2 months, before the Microsoft credits expire. > I agree. I will also apply for the next round of Amazon funding. Paolo, please let me know how I can help with migrating VMs or setting up a CI Kubernetes cluster on Amazon. Stefan
