Re: Behdad Esfahbod won an O'Reilly Open Source Award!

From: Shriramana Sharma <samjnaa_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 13:48:38 +0530

Congratulations Behdad and especially for integrating Graphite into HB...
:-)

Sent from my Android phone
On Jul 30, 2013 1:56 AM, "Roozbeh Pournader" <roozbeh_at_google.com> wrote:

> Some of you probably have heard the news already, but in case you haven't,
> Behdad won the prestigious O'Reilly Open Source Award, announced last
> Friday.
>
> Here's the announcement:
> http://www.oscon.com/oscon2013/public/schedule/detail/29956
>
> Selected quotes:
>
> "The O’Reilly Open Source Awards recognize individual contributors who
> have demonstrated exceptional leadership, creativity, and collaboration in
> the development of Open Source Software. [...]
>
> *Behdad Esfahbod (HarfBuzz):* Through the HarfBuzz project Behdad is
> working relentlessly to get all languages supported in Free Software
> operating systems, word processors, devices and browsers, no matter how
> complex their scripts are."
>
> I wish to congratulate Behdad for his achievements, which has really
> helped make open source way more accessible to billions of users around the
> world. I'm eagerly waiting for his amazing magic and superhacker skills to
> bear even more fruits over the years to come. I'm proud to have been able
> to call him a friend, colleague, and collaborator for more than fifteen
> years now.
>
> Roozbeh
>
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