Congrats Daniel. I hope part of the deal wass that they bought several cases of our OSSEC book :)
On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 9:38 PM, Daniel Cid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Lists, > > I have very good news to share with you. Hope you all like it :) > > First, from now I will be working full time on OSSEC, being fully > sponsored (and paid) by Third Brigade (http://www.thirdbrigade.com). > As some of you know, for the last few years I have been working on > OSSEC as a "second job", during the evenings and at night, so hopefully > now with more time we will see some awesome improvements in a short > period of time (let's clear our bugzilla :)). Plus, the code will > remain open source (GPL), and the project will continue running > the way it is now (with a few improvements), so there is nothing to worry > about. > > Secondly, Third Brigade (same company sponsoring me to work full time > on it), also acquired the project. That means that they will put more > resources to work on the project and help us bring it to the > next level. For the average user it will not change anything, but for any > company interested in getting an enterprise-level support > and additional commercial offerings (training, professional services, > etc), it will be a huge benefit. > > To clear up any questions you may have: > > -Yes, I WILL remain working 100% on the project! > -The code WILL remain open source and community driven! > > > More information can be found on the FAQ about the acquisition: > http://www.ossec.net/main/acquisition-faq/ > > > Press release: > http://www.thirdbrigade.com/news_events.aspx?id=770 > > > About Third Brigade: http://www.thirdbrigade.com > > > Feel free to ask any questions you may have. > > > Thanks! > > > -- > Daniel B. Cid > dcid ( at ) ossec.net > -- Andrew Hay blog: http://www.andrewhay.ca email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] twitter: andrewsmhay profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewhay
