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Comment by oblio

They've been around for a 3 years, which is not a very long time for FOSS. However the software seems stable, fast, it has lots of releases, all of which are good signs in terms of future availability.

I forgot the name, but there is a software "law" that software that has been around for N years will probably be around for N more years (so the longer it's been around, the longer it will continue to be around).

I see about 7 big contributors: https://github.com/immich-app/immich/graphs/contributors. I think most of them work for/are sponsored by FUTO: https://futo.org/about/what-is-futo/

And seeing the FUTO description, I like that. We need more of that :-)

> FUTO is an organization dedicated to developing, both through in-house engineering and investment, technologies that frustrate centralization and industry consolidation.

Though this part needs more research:

> From its founding, FUTO has been funded entirely by investment from its sole owner, Eron Wolf.

I have no idea who Eron Wolf is...

Edit: found some more info. Potentially promising:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35914264

https://gitlab.futo.org/eron/public/-/wikis/Thoughts-on-Open...

Though the question remains about FUTOs long term sustainability.

parent oblio 1 year ago

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