Earl Miles named one of 2008 Open Source CMS Most Valued People by Packt Publishing

Well deserved indeed. Though there are thousands of contributors to Drupal, there are only a handful who's contributions are so significant that Drupal itself would be dramatically different without them. Thank you for all your hard work!

Michelle

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I definitely think congratulations are in order. Views 2 is very, very useful and indispensable for Drupal.

I'm not sure I agree with this one quote from the page linked though:

"Johan is the man behind the amazing architecture design of the only PHP based CMS with a solid development framework."

Although I'm sure Johan deserves his award, doesn't Drupal have "a solid developmental framework"?

Dave
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wow-- truly amazing and well deserved. And it does testify to the fact that drupal is more truly a product of its community than any other OS CMS.

Congrats merlin!

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Congratulations. There's no question this is well-deserved!

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Well deserved.

Congratulations. I don't wanna know how my projects would looks like without views or panels!
This award is well deserved!

Congrats,
You deserve it,
Hurray, hurray, hurray

The following slogan read on Drupal merchandise says it pretty well: "I don’t know the question. But the answer is views." Congrats Earl!

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Congratulations! Very well deserved.

zzolo
Chicago Technology Cooperative
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Well deserved!!

Joe Moraca
http://moraca.org

Cogratulations Earl!
And thank you for such great modules like Views and Panels!

GP

I don't know how you do it, Earl! Keep it up!!! Looking forward to the book.

Congratulations Earl! A well deserved award.

For anyone interested in learning a bit more about Earl and his work, we've had him on the podcast recently, both as a panelist and as an interviewee. And of course, he'll be speaking at Do It With Drupal in December.

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Thank you everyone for your congratulations! I appreciate the sentiments very much!

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As someone who has received help from you in my early Drupal days and who benefits again and again from the work that you've done here, I truly believe that you deserve this. Well done, mate.

Regards

Patrick Nelson
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Congratulations!! Not surprising at all, well deserved!

Well done Earl! A donut for you!

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Alex Cochrane
Spoon Media

Thank you. You are an asset to the Drupal community. Keep up the great work. Best wishes.

Mark

It is really well deserved, keep up the great work :)

nice work! well deserved... i hope this doesnt go to your head and you stop hassling people like me...

I've learned so much! Thanks! JD

Hear hear !

Thank you for your overall Drupal and Drupal Community contributions.
Kind Regards

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Congratulations Earl, and thank you for your hard work!

Back when Earl was lowly and unknown, I wrote a review of his views modules which he was struggling to get publicity for: http://drupal.org/newsletter/2005/winter. Ever since I wrote that and introduced the world to his genius, it was nowhere else but up for Earl. :)

Thanks, Earl, for all your contributions. It really means a lot to us. You are making huge differences in our lives.

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This award could not possibly be more well-deserved.

Your modules, as well as core contributions, are legendary and have launched the Drupal project light-years ahead in terms of the complexity of sites we can build today, and speed with which we can build them. Not content to just build awesome tools, you've also made huge strides to make them usable by mere mortals; you have pioneered some awesome UI ideas and processes for fleshing them out in a community-driven way. Not to mention your admin backend improvements, theme system improvements, and 10,000 other things I'm forgetting now since there are so many instances of ass-kickingness from you.

And while that would be enough to give anyone an ego the size of a mid-size state, instead you maintain an approachable, down-to-earth nature and desire to help people. You tirelessly tend to your modules' epic issue queues, and consistently churn out more and more awesome stuff for the use of everyone in the community.

The Drupal project truly would not be anywhere near what it is today without you, and we're very lucky to have you as part of our community. Rock on, Earl!! :D

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It's awesome that all your hard work is recognized this way - that really rocks! Congratulations! Congratulations!

Congratulations Merlin!
I´m sorry, but I prefer to call you Merlin :)
That´s because I think you´ve done some serious magic with Drupal. It is indeed a very well deserved award!
Thanks for all your hard work and good will, and... of course, the magic!

Rosamunda
Buenos Aires | Argentina
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I hope this makes you a trillionaire somehow!

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I am usually silent, but just had to say congratulations! Earl, without a doubt they got it right: you are Drupal's MVP.

(And to everyone else you listed in your response, and those you did not, who contribute immensely to Drupal's success, Thank You, too!)

As someone who benefits from your work everyday, I can only say Congrats! -NP

Congrats on that! And thanks for bringing not only Views into Drupal but also for Panels. And those lots of other essential stuff you put your hands on and without which Drupal perhaps wouldn't be as it is today. Looking forward to get to know you in New Orleans!

Kudo's man, u definitely deserve it

actually, in my opinion u deserve a lot more, like a golden statue and stuff ;)

Congrats, and thank you!

Congrats Earl! Why not make it end quickly?
Drupal is the best CMS:
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:-)

I totally agree with Angie and I want to add my voice to both thanking and congratulating you.

For me personally, you are one of the people that drew me into this community. I was a bumbling, hesitant newbie and you took me seriously and worked to help and teach me. I'll never forget that and I'm glad many, many other people recognize your worth to this community and Open Source in general.

Thanks Earl.

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Way to go, man! I bow in your general direction.

Rob Hamm
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Congratulatiosn !! Thanks for the Views2

- Victor
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Hell, I wish I was halve as good with Drupal.

Keep up the good work.

Views2 is a masterpiece. The recognition is well deserved :)

Congratulations Earl!
I dusted off some quotes about Views from webchick, eaton and walkah from a Lullabot workshop and put it to music in honor of the occasion.
Enjoy!

Congrats! Your efforts are recognized by us all! Thank you Earl!

Christopher Skauss:my personal blog

Great news and as a community member we're proud to have a great contribution from you. (thx for views2)

yashesh

Go Earl, go Earl! ;)

Well deserved!

Congratulations Earl!

Keep up the good work.

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Thank you Earl!

Igorik
http://www.somvprahe.sk

Views and Panels at the same time, pretty darn amazing accomplishment. Almost scary smart :-).

I know I must drive you nutty at times with my embarrassing simple questions; thank you for your patience

Thank you for two incredible modules that allow us with no code knowledge, to create some hot websites. When I replaced my front page with a 3 column flex panel for the first time and in about 30 minutes, I was so amazed I woke up in the middle of night and had to see it again.

… good things are a’ coming. I’ve never heard of person having there own module melody (song)…. Kewl.

Congratulations on the award and thank you.

Views has allowed me to build the sites I otherwise only could have dreamed of. I can't thank you enough for the thousands of hours of work you have contributed to your projects. Simply awe inspiring.

hats off...

Congratulations!

Am quite new to Drupal and have just started to understand the power that Views adds to Drupal.Its been great.
Congratulations! and Thanks very much!

Medicine,Surgery ...and Drupal.

Thumbs up to you Earl!

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Even when I screw up, he's always been wonderfully helpful.

Well done Earl! congrats