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Today Red Hatters around the world are celebrating the twentieth
anniversary of the first release of Red Hat Linux, the Halloween
release, that set the stage for what has become RHEL:<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://red.ht/1tl2KYN">http://red.ht/1tl2KYN</a><br>
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Wanted to say thank you to everyone in the community who has
participated in the OpenSCAP and SSG communities. Between the
OpenSCAP interpreter and SSG projects there has been ~100
individuals contribute code across 8,113 patches and 1,639,072 lines
of code [1][2]. OpenSCAP established itself as the only open source,
NIST certified interpreter. The SSG project worked with government
agencies, such as DISA FSO, NSA, and NRO, to not only release their
baselines, but incorporate them into an open source project. RHEL
now natively includes these tools and content to natively support
security baseline attestation and continuous monitoring. It's been
an amazing ride.<br>
<br>
Back in 1998 I rode my <i>bicycle</i> to purchase Red Hat Linux 5.2
(I was in 5th grade!), as my Windows desktop crapped out. I didn't
actually know what Linux was. All I knew was that I needed an
operating system, and that the Red Hat box had a cheaper sticker
price than the Microsoft one. After installing RHL I began exploring
the Linux community, becoming fascinated by it. The open source
model fascinated me. As a kid I imagined how amazing it'd be to
someday work with the brightest minds possible, to create technology
that would be used all over the world, to help make things better on
a massive scale. Working with the OpenSCAP and SSG communities has
fulfilled that personal dream. I can't imagine collaborating with a
better group of people. <br>
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Sincerely, on behalf of Red Hat, and on behalf of myself, thank you
to everyone who has participated in the communities. Everyone here
has touched technology that now ships in Linux. Take a second to
reflect on that -- it's an amazing accomplishment!<br>
<br>
-Shawn<br>
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[1]
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://people.redhat.com/swells/gitstats/20141031-scap-security-guide/activity.html">http://people.redhat.com/swells/gitstats/20141031-scap-security-guide/activity.html</a><br>
[2]
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://people.redhat.com/swells/gitstats/20141031-openscap/activity.html">http://people.redhat.com/swells/gitstats/20141031-openscap/activity.html</a><br>
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Shawn Wells
Director, Innovation Programs
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:shawn@redhat.com">shawn@redhat.com</a> | 443.534.0130
@shawndwells
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