The Midgard Project Celebrates 5th Anniversary

The Midgard Project Celebrates 5th Anniversary
-- A Better Web for Five Years

Helsinki, May 5th 2004 -- The Midgard Open Source Community celebrates 
the 5th anniversary of the Content Management Framework project. Midgard 
1.0.0 was launched in May 8th 1999 by Jukka Zitting and Henri Bergius.

There will be a Midgard developer meeting in Poznan, Poland on May 8th 
2004 to celebrate the anniversary. However, as the members of the 
Midgard Project are spread internationally it is impossible for many to 
participate. Instead, everybody can raise a beer glass on Saturday for 
Midgard and the community that made it possible.

A special "5th anniversary" shirt is available in the Midgard CafePress 
store, thanks to Tony Lee.

The original Midgard 1.x code base is starting to show age, and the 
developer meeting will host debate on the future strategy, code named 
Ragnaroek. People unable to participate are welcomed to join the 
discussions on the developer mailing list and Midgard IRC channel.

About Midgard

Midgard is an Open Source Content Management System integrating world's 
most popular Open Source web development tools — MySQL, Apache and PHP — 
providing an environment for deploying powerful Internet based content 
management solutions. The Midgard environment includes a component 
framework and several web-based authoring and administration tools.

Midgard has an install base of thousands and powers solutions ranging 
from simple organizational websites to huge eGovernment portals.

More information

The Midgard Project
http://www.midgard-project.org/

Midgard 1.0.0 release announcement, May 8th 1999
http://linuxtoday.com/developer/1999050701705NWSW

Midgard 5th anniversary shirt
http://www.cafeshops.com/mgd.8560167