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SilverStripe makes Sun news

Posted by Sigurd on 5 May 2008

Sun, who recently purchased MySQL for US $1 billion dollars, were interested to learn more about SilverStripe, and our experience with MySQL and Sun. They were also keen to learn about our involvement with powering the Democratic National Convention website because MySQL powers the database behind it.

A video team covering the MySQL conference interviewed us at the SilverStripe expo hall booth. The footage was completed yesterday and can now be viewed online on the Sun website and youtube:

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Interview with Jeff, GHOP student in the Silicon Valley

Posted by Sigurd on 22 January 2008

Completing my interviews with the top three GHOP students in terms of quantity of tasks, is Jeff from San Jose, considered the capital of the Silicon Valley. His work in the contest so far includes website themes, a website, widgets, and translating SilverStripe's interface into Taiwan's dialect of Chinese.

Jeff, tell us about yourself and where you've grown up...

Born in Taiwan, I consider myself a Taiwanese. I currently live in San Jose, California where I attend Evergreen Valley High School. Life as a high school student is quite busy for me. Not only do I have to worry about my rigorous academics, I also have to balance enough time to pursue my hobbies, like web development and robotics. One of the best things about living in the Silicon Valley is that you are motivated by the great innovations that happen around you.

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Interview with Wojtek, our prolific Polish GHOP contestant

Posted by Sigurd on 18 January 2008

Shortly after interviewing Simon Welsh I thought it fair to chat with Wojtek Szkutnik (pictured), currently the GHOP 2008 contestant with the largest quantity of challenges successfully completed...  

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Interview with kiwi GHOP contestant Simon Welsh

Posted by Sigurd on 16 January 2008

A few weeks ago Simon Welsh, a local (Wellington) contestant involved in the Google Highly Open Participation (GHOP) contest popped up to our office to introduce himself. It was great to put a face to a name, and to a hard worker who is one of the most hard-working contestants. He answered a couple of questions I put to him...

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Interview with Dion Almaer of Google & Ajaxian

Posted by Sigurd on 14 October 2007

On Friday, I was invited to speak with Dion Almaer about the SilverStripe project, our decision around PHP5, and how we ensured success with our participation in the the Google Summer of Code program which provided us with ten fulltime programmers to work on our project. The fifteen minute interview is on youtube.

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We were on TV; you could be too!

Posted by Sigurd on 3 May 2007

Making our software free is a key part of SilverStripe's philosophy, along with making it easier for people to build and manage websites.

This week SilverStripe was asked by prime-time New Zealand TV show "Close Up" to explain how we can make a successful business out of this. The show also included Nat Torkington, a key open source figure, and one of SilverStripe's advisory board members.

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