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

Congratulations Earl!

The recognition of Earl Miles, Angie Byron, Dries and others shows the strength of the Drupal project and the community. Bryan Ruby is right... we don't have just one star, we have a whole Zodiac of constellations.

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

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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Well deserved!!

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

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

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Congratulations!! Not surprising at all, well deserved!

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

Mark

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

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!

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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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
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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!)

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!

Congrats, and thank you!

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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Congratulatiosn !! Thanks for the Views2

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

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

Christopher Skauss:my personal blog

Go Earl, go Earl! ;)

Congratulations Earl!

Keep up the good work.

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Thank you Earl!

Igorik
http://www.somvprahe.sk

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.

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.

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