A thank you to the community
July 31st, 2009 Posted in LinuxI’m sure by now everyone who reads this has heard the news about the goings on of the CentOS development team. Within a few hours following the release of the open letter, the story had been picked up, chewed on, misunderstood, panicked over, and copied to a few hundred other places and blogs too numerous to count. The mailing list, twitter, and the irc channels associated with the centos project were (and still are) hotbeds of advice, discussion, and controversy.
One thing has stood out from the anticipated frenzy surrounding this, and that’s been the overwhelming support of the CentOS community. The number of people stepping forward to volunteer hardware, time, advice, and cash (even though we’re currently asking folks to not do that) has been tremendous, and it’s incredibly refreshing to know that we have the backing of the community in what we’re doing. I’d like to take a moment to personally say thank you to everyone who has been kind enough to offer their support or has made the effort to thank the developers following the announcement. This kind of support and outreach is what makes the project great, and what keeps people helping out.
Thank you.