April Showers & May Flowers

Producing DotNetNuke 5.4.1 has been inspiring!  The ASP.Net 4.0 motivated release of DotNetNuke 5.4.0 was not without a few “showers” in April, but we’re looking for “flowers” in May with 5.4.1!  I have to say that I am very pleased with the responses of our Management and Engineering teams as well as the Core team and the Community.  It’s really a testament to the importance of community in open source and the strength of the DotNetNuke Community in particular.  Constructive dialog, quick response, highly inclusive… well done by all!

Today Shaun is in Ecuador speaking at a Microsoft Interoperability Conference.  Earlier this month Navin spoke at SugarCon on the open source delivery model.  This month we’ve produced two open core releases; sorted through and selected speakers for DotNetNuke Connections; seen the final release of Blog 4.0.0; defined improvements to the installer user experience; made numerous improvements to localization; backported some PE features to CE; seen Form and List through 2 upgrades and XML through one also (thanks Stefan!); published (internally) a draft of a DNN User Experience Style Guide; moved the BC office from Abbotsford to Langley; hired a few new folks (I don’t even know them all); were honored in the OnDemand 100; initiated a module developer stakeholder group; and that barely scratches the surface!

April has seen a lot of activity and progress.  There has also been a lot that has not been seen, but that I expect to have the privilege of sharing in May… with the flowers!

Cheers,
Scott