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Everyone's a winner at the NZ Open Source Awards

Last night the New Zealand Open Source Awards were held in Wellington, and we were lucky enough to take home the trophy for the Best NZ Open Source Project for SilverStripe CMS thanks to its adoption by the community, web developers, and customers. Thanks all!

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Beyond 2000: A SilverStripe Odyssey

In the year 2000, after it turned out that the Millennium Bug did not actually kill us all, Tim Copeland saw an opportunity for himself as the dotcom business boomed.

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SilverStripe at the bottom of the sea with NIWA

Not knowing what your natural resources are is a risk for any country, and not all resources can be found on land. 96% of all New Zealand territory is under water, and only 13% of that is mapped.

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SilverStripe a finalist in three categories at the New Zealand Open Source Awards

We might need to get a new thesaurus here at SilverStripe Ltd, to express exactly how excited we are to be finalists in the New Zealand Open Source Awards.We're nominated for Open Source Use in Business, Open Source Project for SilverStripe CMS, and also, the NIWA Ocean Survey 20/20 Portal...

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Free the software, free the world

As an open source company, it was a natural fit for us here at SilverStripe to take part in Software Freedom Day on September 19.

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Comedy and Curry

While I'm a writer, not a programmer, there are things I've taken from the open source philosophy. And the main one is: be open to good ideas coming from the people around you. And give them a try.

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Two Years of Open Source Goodness

As we approach the two-year anniversary of releasing our software under an open source license, I thought I'd write a bit about where we see things going. BTW, the official birthday of our open source software is 10 October 2006.

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SilverStripe takes home NZ Open Source Award

Last night, Brian, Sig, and I attended the NZ Open Source Awards.  We were finalists in two categories: Open Source Use in Business and Open Source Software Project.  State Services Commission was also a finalist for the National Broadband Map, which we developed.

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New Zealand Open Source Awards

Over twenty finalists have now been announced for this year's New Zealand Open Source awards.

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