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<p> Dear MidPoint community,</p>
<p>Another year is almost over. Year 2019 was a very demanding year,
but it was a year full of great achievements. We have <a
href="https://wiki.evolveum.com/display/midPoint/Release+4.0">released
midPoint 4.0</a>, bootstrapped <a
href="https://wiki.evolveum.com/display/midPoint/Long-Term+Support">long-term
support (LTS) program</a>, global midPoint community <a
href="https://evolveum.com/first-global-midpoint-community-meet-up/">met
for the first time</a> – and much more.</p>
<p>It is quite hard to enumerate all the things that we have done in
2019, all those improvements that we have made and all those bugs
that we have fixed. We have participated in <a
href="https://evolveum.com/midpoint-went-through-eu-fossa2-bug-bounty/">EU
FOSSA2 bug bounty program</a> that came with its own load of
work. We have implemented a lot of new midPoint features, many of
those are very innovative and some of them are quite unique and
daring. But we are more than aware that midPoint is not just the
technology. MidPoint is a living thing that is created and
maintained by the people. Therefore we were very busy with
innovations of our company. Thriving open source company is still
quite a rare sight and therefore it is quite expected that
Evolveum is not the most usual company on the market. We had to
invent and re-invent a lot of things, we had to try various
approaches to business. There are no tries without failures
therefore, quite naturally, there were problems and failures. But
we are moving on. One year older and, hopefully, one year wiser.</p>
<p>All of us in Evolveum would like to express our very special
thanks to you – midPoint community. We are more than aware that we
would not be able to create and maintain midPoint without you. We
would like to thank you for your contributions, your feedback and
suggestions. It is music to our ears to hear your praise of
midPoint. But it is equally important to hear constructive
criticism and we are very happy that we have such an open and
honest community. You have expressed your opinions during the
events that we have participated on, and you have shared your
thoughts in <a
href="https://wiki.evolveum.com/display/midPoint/MidPoint+2019+Survey+Results">midPoint
survery</a>. We would like to thank you all for your
understanding and patience. We know that sometimes the cooperation
is not entirely easy. But we also feel your passion, your support
and your dedication. We are more than grateful for that because it
is you who keep us on the right path to open source excellence.</p>
But now, farewell 2019 and welcome 2020. There is a lot of work
already planned for the next year. We will start the year with
several new colleagues joining our team. There will be a <a
href="https://evolveum.com/midpoint-on-tiime-2019-reserve-the-dates/">midPoint
community meetup</a> early next year. We plan to have two feature
releases of midPoint in 2020. We will be attending conferences and
other community events. There is a lot to look forward to in 2020.
May the next year be happy for all of us!
<p>(Reposted from <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://evolveum.com/merry-christmas-2019/">Evolveum blog</a>)</p>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Radovan Semancik
Software Architect
evolveum.com
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