FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: SEBASTOPOL, CA–The rare white camel,
prized by desert-dwellers, is the inspiration for a new award
recognizing the Perl community’s “unsung heroes”–those who have
devoted extraordinary creativity, energy, and time to the
non-technical work that supports Perl’s active and loyal user
community. The White Camel awards will be presented to individuals
who have made outstanding contributions to Perl Advocacy, Perl User
Groups, and the Perl Community at O’Reilly’s Perl Conference 3.0 on
August 24, 1999. The camel has come to symbolize Perl since it
first appeared on the cover of O’Reilly & Associates’ classic
“Programming Perl” in 1991.
Perl Mongers (http://www.pm.org), a not-for-profit
organization whose mission is to establish Perl user groups,
conceived of and will administer the White Camel awards. Perl users
will be able to nominate people for the awards at http://www.perl.com/whitecamel
after July 8. The awards are sponsored by Perl Mongers, O’Reilly
& Associates, and sourceXchange (http://www.sourceXchange.com), a
web-based marketplace for Open Source development.
“Perl’s user community has had a huge role in its adoption and
ongoing development,” said Madeline Schnapp, O’Reilly’s Perl
Product Manager. “With a marketing budget of zero, the community
has championed a technology that has greater market share than its
well-funded proprietary competitors. We’re delighted that the Perl
Mongers initiated the White Camel awards, and we’re proud to
sponsor them.”
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 24, 1999
CONTACT: Sara Winge, O’Reilly & Associates,
707/829-0515×285,
sara@oreilly.com, http://www.oreilly.com