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SilverStripe 2.2.3 released - recommend hot fix

We have a new release of SilverStripe available: 2.2.3

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PostgreSQL support prototyped

While MySQL is an extremely versatile and hugely popular database, we have been wanting to give users of our software choice in using other databases—this is very helpful, for instance, where you might have existing applications or software running PostgreSQL or Microsoft SQL Server and where you want tight integration.

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100,000 downloads!

Today we passed 100,000 downloads of the core SilverStripe software. Much more comes from 2008 so far than from all of 2007; just one of the metrics showing our growth.

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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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Scaling SilverStripe with Caching

When you are dealing with the levels of traffic seen on sites like the Democratic National Convention, it's not enough to dynamically serve every page view.  You need to change your approach.

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Up and coming features for developers

Here's a blog post for all you hard-core developers.

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iPhone as iPlatform

Today's the day the iPhone launches here in New Zealand. We're excited about this because it's a fun device with heaps of integration among the out-of-the-box software, but most importantly, in ushers in a very clever application development (and business) model.

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15,000 more copies of SilverStripe thanks to PC World.

The July issue of New Zealand PC World includes a full page interview about SilverStripe, and a multiple page tutorial on how to install SilverStripe and do basic website customisation.

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New automated testing tools

With demands of recent projects, we've done some internal work to improve the visibility and documentation of our testing infrastructure. Much of this functionality has been available in SilverStripe for some time, but we want to continue to raise the bar.

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SilverStripe v2.2.2 released

We're proud to announce that SilverStripe v2.2.2 can now be downloaded. It fixes hundreds of bugs and adds a few new features, such as a paste from Microsoft Word button in the editor!

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