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The open source story - in New Zealand and around the world - is one that people want to hear. Open source promises to deliver new opportunities for collaboration and innovation within the New Zealand public and private sectors.

This year's Awards will bring to the fore some of the outstanding work done with open source by New Zealanders and for New Zealanders, focusing on achievements over the last twelve months.

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Open Source Awards open for nominations

21 May 2008

The 2008 New Zealand Open Source Awards are open for nominations. This year's Awards will focus particularly on achievements over the last twelve months and follow the successful inaugural event in 2007.

The 2008 Awards introduce a new category: Open Source Use for Infrastructure.

The 2008 Awards have already attracted sponsorship from Google, Internet New Zealand, the New Zealand Open Source Society and Awards organiser Catalyst IT.

"There were so many strong nominations for the 2007 event," said panel chair Don Christie, "that we are keen to hear back from projects that have moved forward in the last year, as well as new initiatives using open source solutions."

Responses to the inaugural Awards were overwhelmingly positive, with over 130 nominations received, 32 finalists and 10 category winners.

For more information contact Chris Daish, Catalyst IT.
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