Congratulations Behdad and especially for integrating Graphite into HB... :-)
Sent from my Android phone On Jul 30, 2013 1:56 AM, "Roozbeh Pournader" <[email protected]> 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 >

