<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Steve Marquess</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:marquess@opensslfoundation.com">marquess@opensslfoundation.com</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 3:39 PM<br>Subject: [openssl-users] Another record-breaking donation from Smartisan Technology<br>To: <a href="mailto:openssl-announce@openssl.org">openssl-announce@openssl.org</a>, "<a href="mailto:openssl-users@openssl.org">openssl-users@openssl.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:openssl-users@openssl.org">openssl-users@openssl.org</a>><br><br><br>In May of this year the OpenSSL project received what has been our<br>
largest single donation to date, 1000000 RMB (roughly 160000 USD or<br>
133000 EUR) from Smartisan Technology (<a href="http://www.smartisan.com/" target="_blank">http://www.smartisan.com/</a>). That<br>
donation, along with other donations from multiple sources, enabled us<br>
to fund a new full time dedicated OpenSSL resource (Matt Caswell).<br>
<br>
We have just received a *second* donation from Smartisan, also for one<br>
million RMB and tied only with the earlier Smartisan donation as our<br>
largest single donation ever. It gives me great pleasure to announce<br>
that this donation, in combination with other donation funding received<br>
and promised, has enabled us to add two additional full time OpenSSL<br>
resources, Geoff Thorpe and Richard Levitte. We had been waiting and<br>
hoping for enough donations to "close the gap" in covering one new<br>
position; this one donation did that and more.<br>
<br>
Richard will be starting immediately on a full time basis. Geoff is<br>
still arranging a transition from his current employment commitments,<br>
with an expected transition in about a month.<br>
<br>
When the OpenSSL team met in Düsseldorf earlier this year we agreed to<br>
embark on an extensive overhaul of OpenSSL (see<br>
<a href="https://www.openssl.org/about/roadmap.html" target="_blank">https://www.openssl.org/about/roadmap.html</a> and<br>
<a href="https://www.openssl.org/blog/blog/2014/12/23/the-new-release-strategy/" target="_blank">https://www.openssl.org/blog/blog/2014/12/23/the-new-release-strategy/</a>).<br>
Some of us were concerned that those goals were too ambitious. This<br>
addition of two new full time resources -- nearly doubling our dedicated<br>
manpower -- significantly improves our prospects.<br>
<br>
Thank you Smartisan Technology, and CEO Mr. Yonghao Luo. I hope that in<br>
roughly a year from now with the release of OpenSSL 1.1 you will be<br>
pleased with what we have accomplished.<br>
<br>
-Steve M.<br>
<br>
--<br>
Steve Marquess<br>
OpenSSL Software Foundation, Inc.<br>
1829 Mount Ephraim Road<br>
Adamstown, MD 21710<br>
USA<br>
<a href="tel:%2B1%20877%20673%206775" value="+18776736775">+1 877 673 6775</a> s/b<br>
<a href="tel:%2B1%20301%20874%202571" value="+13018742571">+1 301 874 2571</a> direct<br>
<a href="mailto:marquess@opensslfoundation.com">marquess@opensslfoundation.com</a><br>
<a href="mailto:marquess@openssl.com">marquess@openssl.com</a><br>
gpg/pgp key: <a href="http://openssl.com/docs/0x6D1892F5.asc" target="_blank">http://openssl.com/docs/0x6D1892F5.asc</a><br>
_______________________________________________<br>
openssl-users mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:openssl-users@openssl.org">openssl-users@openssl.org</a><br>
<a href="https://mta.opensslfoundation.net/mailman/listinfo/openssl-users" target="_blank">https://mta.opensslfoundation.net/mailman/listinfo/openssl-users</a><br>
</div><br></div>