I wanted to share part of a note that I sent to the @cloudfoundry community earlier today, which really applies to many open source contributors across many different projects. Open source has made a significant impact on society's ability to respond to a crisis.

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"Our focus as a community has always been to make developers’ lives easier, and each of you has played a part in the long list of user success stories."

"Even today, as society grapples with the incredible challenge of a global pandemic, I am reminded of the incredible value of the work this community does."

"Organizations from around the world that have adopted Cloud Foundry are using it to respond in these trying times, each in their own way."

"National governments have used the Cloud Foundry platform to rapidly build, deploy and scale software that is helping their citizens get information and register for economic support."

"Countless corporations are using Cloud Foundry to both support their customers in new ways and do their part for the greater good."

"These responses have required actions measured in days and hours, not weeks and months. In short, this community’s efforts over the years have built something worthing being truly proud of."

I'll close this thread with:

To the multitude of open source contributors throughout the world, your work matters immensely. The collective impact of open source software is and has made possible so many things that would have been impossible only a few years ago.