# Introducing AnsibleWorks **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [March 5, 2013, 2:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/introducing-ansibleworks/12455 "2013-03-05T14:04:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 2:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/introducing-ansibleworks/12455/1 "2013-03-05T14:04:34Z")
Hi everyone, By now you may have seen this post on GigaOM: [http://gigaom.com/2013/03/05/ansibleworks-pitches-new-open-source-it-configuration-management/](http://gigaom.com/2013/03/05/ansibleworks-pitches-new-open-source-it-configuration-management/) So yes, we've started a company around Ansible! (I'll be CTO, and my colleagues are some amazing Open Source veterans who really grok the project and where we are going with it. I am hugely excited and you will see more from Tim and Saïd here in the near future). I want to thank each and every one of you for all the great things we've done together over the last year or so. You have all made this an amazing experience, and I think it will only continue to get more amazing. It has been fantastic getting to know each and every one of you. You may be asking how this affects the project! Things will be just as community oriented as they always were. We're just turning it all up to 11. We're going to be doing some exciting things in the near future -- funding the development of new products in the ecosystem, training events, and even an AnsibleFest in Boston this June. More on this later! If you would like to, you can read some blogs from us about launching things at [http://blog.ansibleworks.com/](http://blog.ansibleworks.com/). The website for the company is [http://ansibleworks.com/](http://ansibleworks.com/) and you can follow us on twitter at [https://twitter.com/ansibleworks](https://twitter.com/ansibleworks) I'd be more than happy to answer questions, and if you would like to contact me you can do so on this address or also michael@ansibleworks.com Even more fun times are ahead! Thank you everyone for making this possible! --Michael ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_Bielawa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Tim\_Bielawa](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tim_Bielawa)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/introducing-ansibleworks/12455/2 "2013-03-05T14:35:44Z")
Grats on company! Wonder if my boss would let me expense ansiblefest… ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 2:50pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/introducing-ansibleworks/12455/3 "2013-03-05T14:50:45Z")
Thanks! I hope so, we are going to keep it very affordable! ---
**Author:** ![jpmens1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jpmens1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jpmens1)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 2:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/introducing-ansibleworks/12455/4 "2013-03-05T14:56:34Z")
> I hope so, we are going to keep it very affordable! Probably not affordable enough for members of the 'European Division' (and other continental divisions, of course), but enjoy nevertheless 😉         -JP ---
**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca1)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 2:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/introducing-ansibleworks/12455/5 "2013-03-05T14:58:46Z")
Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Tang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac91a4/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Tang](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jimmy_Tang)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 4:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/introducing-ansibleworks/12455/6 "2013-03-05T16:41:22Z")
heh yea, maybe us europeans can organise a get together? still enjoy! Jimmy ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/introducing-ansibleworks/12455/7 "2013-03-05T17:16:52Z")
Definitely, please do. I suspect we'll have a AnsibleFest in Europe next year too, but don't let that hold you up! ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_Bielawa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Tim\_Bielawa](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tim_Bielawa)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 5:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/introducing-ansibleworks/12455/8 "2013-03-05T17:35:23Z")
I assume there will be schwag at said conf? I'm not sure what your t-shirts will look like. But they better be WEBSCALE. ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Theunissen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mark\_Theunissen](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mark_Theunissen)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/introducing-ansibleworks/12455/9 "2013-03-05T20:00:18Z")
Awesome news, congrats! ---
**Author:** ![Dylan\_Silva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2bfe46/32.png) [@Dylan\_Silva](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dylan_Silva)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/introducing-ansibleworks/12455/10 "2013-03-05T20:20:38Z")
Congrats Michael, Tim, and Saïd! Well deserved! ---
**Author:** ![Curtis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Curtis](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Curtis)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 3:25am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/introducing-ansibleworks/12455/11 "2013-03-06T03:25:13Z")
Great news! I can’t even keep track of versions b/c there’s so much development, and now there is an organization/business behind it…breakneck speed. Hopefully ansible stays simple but powerful, which I’m sure it will. ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Maas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7c8e57/32.png) [@Mark\_Maas](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mark_Maas)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 6:35am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/introducing-ansibleworks/12455/12 "2013-03-06T06:35:58Z")
Congrats man! Good on you! AnsibleFest? SO THERE!!! (I will bring beer and more friends… with more beer!) And [wenches](http://media.heavy.com/media/2012/09/Oktoberfest-girls-kissing.jpg)… We need [wenches](https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=a+whench&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&authuser=0&ei=LeM2Ud2hEcu1PaD4gNgO&biw=1600&bih=905&sei=TOM2UdbDCYnXPOrqgJgF#um=1&hl=en&authuser=0&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=wench+oktober+fest&oq=wench+oktober+fest&gs_l=img.3...3916.6582.1.7154.13.13.0.0.0.0.109.634.11j2.13.0...0.0...1c.1.5.img.Ny68biyb2Ek&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&fp=ac080f227b75b04a&biw=1600&bih=905)… A lot of [wenches](https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=a+whench&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&authuser=0&ei=LeM2Ud2hEcu1PaD4gNgO&biw=1600&bih=905&sei=TOM2UdbDCYnXPOrqgJgF#um=1&hl=en&authuser=0&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=wench&oq=wench&gs_l=img.3..0l10.8490.9475.2.9696.8.8.0.0.0.0.41.282.8.8.0...0.0...1c.1.5.img.Pfv87hA7KtE&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.43287494,d.ZWU&fp=ac080f227b75b04a&biw=1600&bih=905)… … ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Tang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac91a4/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Tang](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jimmy_Tang)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 1:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/introducing-ansibleworks/12455/13 "2013-03-06T13:06:04Z")
Could do something in dublin 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Wieers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/45deac/32.png) [@Dag\_Wieers](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dag_Wieers)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 1:18pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/introducing-ansibleworks/12455/14 "2013-03-06T13:18:05Z")
Coming from the colder regions in Europe, I'd prefer Spain, Portugal, Greece, Italy or Malta myself 😉 BTW Congratz Michael, another argument against Ansible is now off the table: Enterprise support ! Thanks ! ---
**Author:** ![Nigel\_Metheringham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Nigel\_Metheringham](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nigel_Metheringham)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 1:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/introducing-ansibleworks/12455/15 "2013-03-06T13:39:36Z")
Having looked at the list of talks and tutorials I was under the impression that AnsibleFest-EU was in Newcastle (its not sunny!) in less than 2 weeks!   [http://www.flossuk.org/Events/Spring2013](http://www.flossuk.org/Events/Spring2013) Cheers   Nigel. ---
**Author:** ![Jesus\_Garcia\_Crespo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/958977/32.png) [@Jesus\_Garcia\_Crespo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jesus_Garcia_Crespo)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 8:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/introducing-ansibleworks/12455/16 "2013-03-08T20:28:56Z")
Great news! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lester\_Wade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/97f17d/32.png) [@Lester\_Wade](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Lester_Wade)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 8:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/introducing-ansibleworks/12455/17 "2013-03-09T20:02:56Z")
This is great to see and congrats to all the folks involved. This will really help push continued adoption of the tool. Dare I say the project is already a bit of a rocketship in this regard.