<div dir="ltr">Here are some kind words directed at open source maintainers:<div><a href="http://jlongster.com/Starters-and-Maintainers">http://jlongster.com/Starters-and-Maintainers</a></div><div><br></div><div>"Here’s to all the maintainers out there. To all the people putting in tireless, thankless work behind-the-scenes to keep code alive, to write documentation, to cut releases, to register domain names, and everything else. 🍷"</div><div><br></div><div>Amen, I'd also like to add to that the <a href="http://www.kitware.com/blog/home/post/86">unsung heroes</a>, the Program Managers, academics, researchers, leaders, visionaries, and everyone else who do the hard work of keeping open source thriving by encouraging, contributing to, and/or funding these efforts.</div><div><br></div><div><div><br></div>-- <br><div>William J. Schroeder, PhD<br>Kitware, Inc.<br>28 Corporate Drive<br>Clifton Park, NY 12065<br><a href="mailto:will.schroeder@kitware.com" target="_blank">will.schroeder@kitware.com</a><br><a href="http://www.kitware.com" target="_blank">http://www.kitware.com</a><br><a href="tel:%28518%29%20881-4902" value="+15188814902" target="_blank">(518) 881-4902</a></div>
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