InternetNZ pleased to support Open Source Awards

InternetNZ pleased to support Open Source Awards Media Release

June 21, 2007

InternetNZ (The Internet Society of New Zealand) is pleased to support the New Zealand Open Source Awards and has agreed to sponsor one of the categories. The Awards are being organised by CatalystIT and The New Zealand Open Source Society and will be held in October with nominations closing on August 17 (Details at www.nzosa.org.nz).

InternetNZ President Colin Jackson says the Internet and Open Source are joined at the hip. “Much of the Internet is built on Open Source software, particularly in the areas of web servers and other key infrastructure software components. Also, most Open Source projects rely on the cooperation of teams of people working across the Internet.”

InternetNZ executive director Keith Davidson points to InternetNZ’s historical support for Open Source. “InternetNZ funded the development of the .nz registry system used by our subsidiary .nz Registry Services at a cost of hundreds of thousands of dollars. That software was then made available as Open Source for other registrars around the world for their own use.”

"The New Zealand economy is increasingly dependent on access to, and use of, the Internet. InternetNZ's vision is for an open and uncaptureable Internet accessible by all. Open source has played, and continues to play, a key role in achieving that vision,” says Davidson.

InternetNZ is pleased to be able to support these awards and specifically the award category for "Open Source use for community organisations”.

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