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I have a strong feeling that if you simply took the initiative and asked the foundation, you would get what you want. Of course, per-project funding on a wide scale gets into a sticky situation where the foundation no longer can make its own choices and do the right things instead of the popular things.

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Agreed. Talking to cpercival would also be a good start. See his page on the subject: http://www.daemonology.net/freebsd-on-ec2/

Also: https://wiki.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/Xen

I think that funding whatever is required here would be fantastic. The move to VPSs has forced me to also move to Ubuntu for what I host 'in the cloud', and I'd love to move back to FreeBSD.

> Of course, per-project funding on a wide scale gets into a sticky situation where the foundation no longer can make its own choices and do the right things instead of the popular things.

That's why I haven't asked the foundation directly. :) When I made my annual donation to them this year I expressed my desire to see FreeBSD on EC2, but I don't want to start dictating what they should be doing.

There's honestly no harm in discussing it. FreeBSD/Xen is already of interest to base committers, there's existing work done.

If those committers are interested in furthering it via funding -- something you can only establish by talking to the foundation et al -- then everyone wins! :)

Ok, you've convinced me.

How do I "talk to the foundation"? ie. What's the best way to bring this up with them.

I'd start with:

board [at] freebsdfoundation.org

and/or

cperciva [at] FreeBSD.org

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