[mpdehaan2]

Hi! Thanks for the nice words, folks!

Wasn't thinking of saying much but I'll chime in just once.

Was it what I expected when I started? nah, I remember when I thought having a IRC channel with 30 people was crazy-insanely huge, it took off at completely unexpected rates. Just to get some early looks at it from Seth Vidal and Jeremy Katz (and a commit or two!) was awesome enough for me at the time. It wasn't engineered with the idea that it would be a business at that point at all.

BTW, extremly huge thanks for this really should also go to all the contributors out there and people that helped spread ansible around, that was completely unpredictable and a lot of fun watching it take off, especially stuff like seeing so many AM tweets in Japanese and then trying to translate them, or seeing someone automate random vending machines or electronics projects. This got built trying to help people like you, so a huge thanks for all of the input and help!

Anyway, those words mean a lot, and I greatly appreciate them.

[smprk]

Congratulations, and thanks for making a simple automation tool that I have come to love!

You guys definitely were very active in the community. Enough for the likes of me to also become an active tweet-er. I was pretty excited when @tybstar (Tim Gerla), Ansible's co-founder, chimed in once. I hope you guys share some chunk of the sale with him too! ;)

[tomaac]

Thanks and congrats! I have been using Ansible since version 0.2 when there were like 5 modules. Since then I have introduced and promoted it to every company I have been working for. Well done!

[candeira]

Congratulations!

Also thanks for the way you managed the project. Ansible was the first big, well known Open Source project that I contributed to, and it was in great part due to the effort you put in welcoming everybody in the IRC channel and mailing list.

Well done!

[dxhdr]

Congrats man! Your IRC Q&A sessions (even on weekends!) were always a huge help and very appreciated. Thanks for such a great product and good luck in the future.

[smacktoward]

Here's one more big thank-you to you and everyone else who made Ansible what it is: excellent. Congratulations!

[peterbell_nyc]

Great job and congratulations!