Last night I was fortunate to attend the New Zealand Open Source Awards ceremony. Like most people who were present, I've got to say "Wow"! It was an extremely polished and professional affair thanks to the dedicated efforts of a small but commited team. Big props to Chris Daish for conceiving the idea and for having the perseverance to see it through. Also to Evonne Cheung for providing the polish and finesse to the visual spectacle.
During the welcome drinks session and throughout the course of the evening I met people and heard about amazing things they're doing - all based on Open Source software. Inspiring stuff. Congratulations to the winners, the finalists and indeed all the nominees.
