developerWorks: Build Web Apps with Maypole
May 27, 2004, 11:30 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Simon Cozens)
"The development of my latest project, Maypole, began over 4000
years ago, when, so the story goes, the goddess Ninkasi taught the
Sumerian mortals a recipe for a magical drink. Her concoction of
hops, barley, yeast, and water (and a few other special
ingredients), was an instant hit, and has remained the cornerstone
of a university education ever since.
"As a student, I subdivided the entire world of beer into
Guinness, fizzy lager, and proper English bitter. It was at the
Open Source Conference 2000, when Adam Turoff presented me with a
lovely bottle of Chimay Blue, that the scales fell from my eyes and
I became introduced to the wide variety of different tastes and
subtle flavors of the beers of the world..."
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