Thanks all for the encouragement, I really appreciate it! The support of the Python community is like none I've ever seen, and that's exactly why I'm here. :)<div><br></div><div>In response to Francis' suggestion about a talk on the hoops I had to jump through... I am actually working on the outline for a talk at AOL to cover the "trials and tribulations" of releasing operational software. </div>
<div><br></div><div>I think it's a great idea to target that towards the community as a whole and so I will rise to that challenge!</div><div><br></div><div><div><div><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 9:10 AM, Francis Ridder <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:francis.ridder@gmail.com">francis.ridder@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Yes beer must be purchased to celebrate. I know this was quite the<br>
endeavor so congrats man. Hey, maybe you can give a talk about the<br>
non-tech related hoops you had to jump through to put this out in the<br>
open?<br>
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On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 7:58 AM, Jathan McCollum <<a href="mailto:jathan@gmail.com">jathan@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> HA! The fact that you and others have given me crap about means that I was<br>
> on the right path. I will take your beer, though. :)<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 6:59 AM, Andrew Kou <<a href="mailto:andrew.kou@gmail.com">andrew.kou@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Jathan,<br>
>><br>
>> I know I've given you crap about it every time I see you and now that it<br>
>> is released, I probably owe you a beer.<br>
>><br>
>> Congrats!<br>
>><br>
>> - Andrew<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 3:47 PM, Grig Gheorghiu <<a href="mailto:grig.gheorghiu@gmail.com">grig.gheorghiu@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> Nice work Jathan!<br>
>>><br>
>>> On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 3:41 PM, Jathan McCollum <<a href="mailto:jathan@gmail.com">jathan@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>> > Some of you may recall me talking incessantly about Trigger (formerly<br>
>>> > Simian), the Python network engineering toolkit we've written at AOL.<br>
>>> > This<br>
>>> > is just a quick heads up that I've flipped the switch! Trigger is<br>
>>> > finally<br>
>>> > open source!<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > GitHub project:<br>
>>> > <a href="https://github.com/aol/trigger" target="_blank">https://github.com/aol/trigger</a><br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > And documentation hosted on Read the Docs:<br>
>>> > <a href="http://readthedocs.org/docs/trigger" target="_blank">http://readthedocs.org/docs/trigger</a><br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > Please check it out and get in touch if you have any questions or<br>
>>> > feedback.<br>
>>> > If Trigger is something you might use, please consider joining the<br>
>>> > trigger-users Google Group:<br>
>>> > <a href="https://groups.google.com/d/forum/trigger-users" target="_blank">https://groups.google.com/d/forum/trigger-users</a><br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > Please spread the word to anyone you know who might have a use for it!<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > jathan.<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> ><br>
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