[wplug] Red Hat acquires Ansible

[John Lewis]

Thanks for posting this to the list Justin.

On 10/16/2015 11:43 AM, justin at adminix.net wrote:
>  
>
> It looks like there's answer to my question about Ansible Tower on Red
> Hat's blog [2]: 
>
> Q: Will Red Hat open source all of Ansible's technology? 
>
> A: Most of Ansible is already open source today. Red Hat has long shown
> its commitment to open-sourcing the technology it acquires, and we have
> no reason to expect a change in this approach. Our specific plans and
> timeline will be determined over the coming months. 
>
> There you have it, folks! That's why it's good to support companies like
> Red Hat that are good stewards of the community. I can't wait to try out
> Ansible Tower. 
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>
> JUSTIN SMITH 
> Linux System Administrator 
>
> On 2015-10-16 11:38, justin at adminix.net wrote: 
>
>> I know that some of you on here use Ansible for configuration
>> management. It's different compared to products like Puppet and Chef
>> because it doesn't require you to install and maintain an agent for
>> anything; your commands to remote nodes are issued using good
>> old-fashioned SSH. 
>>
>> Well, it looks like Red Hat snatched them up. I, for one, am very happy
>> that my favorite Linux company is now behind my favorite configuration
>> management tool. I hope Red Hat will open source Ansible Tower, the
>> official Ansible GUI. 
>>
>> Link:
>> http://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-acquire-it-automation-and-devops-leader-ansible [1]
>  
>
> Links:
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> [1]
> http://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-acquire-it-automation-and-devops-leader-ansible
> [2] http://www.redhat.com/en/about/blog/faq-red-hat-acquires-ansible
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