NASA Software of the Year

Patrick Hogan · 11-04-2009, 02:02 AM

When Pumba in Lion King asks Timon "What's a motto?" Timon says "Nothin', whats a-motto with you?!"

NASA's motto is "For the benefit of all." Not a bad description for Open Source software in general, but in this case, particularly well proven when a NASA open source software program also gets the NASA equivalent of the Oscar. World Wind has been awarded the NASA Software of the Year!

Dear Open Source Community, THANK YOU for your incredible support in QA/QC and code contributions!!! Together we can effectively establish and rapidly evolve the infrastructure for spatial data, one that can benefit all forever.

bull · 11-04-2009, 02:39 AM

Thank you for opening up such a great piece of software and for fighting to keep it going for all these years, it's great to see the black sheep of the NASA family finally getting the praise it deserves, well done everyone, Pat M, Pat H, Chris, Randy, Jessi, Tom G and everyone else at NASA.

Patrick Hogan · 11-04-2009, 03:00 AM

Huh? We ain't no sheep! Unless of course your are thinking of World Wind as the Golden Fleece!!!

bull · 11-04-2009, 04:04 AM

Heh, no I meant your department has often been overlooked by the rest of NASA and has had to constantly fight to stay around.

nick · 11-04-2009, 06:16 AM

A BIG Congratulations from us in Australia. The WorldWind project continues to amaze us with it's potential, flexibility and geniune innovativeness. It's great too see you guys getting the recognition you deserve. Keep up the awesome work.

m_k · 11-04-2009, 09:43 AM

Wow! Congratulations and keep up the good work, guys.

zecoyote007 · 11-04-2009, 11:41 AM

and a big THANK YOU from France !!!
NASA WorldWind is a great piece of opensource code by many aspects. It's the golden standard of java programming and everyone can play with it, build great applications on top of it, contribute, exchange with a growing community...
I'm glad your hard work is recognized by NASA, I know that leading this project is an every day challenge.
Once again, congratulations to the team for their excellent work and commitment ;-)

Nicolas

dbacar · 11-04-2009, 01:13 PM

Congratulations.

fabrizio.giudici · 11-04-2009, 03:44 PM

Congratulations!

11-04-2009, 07:40 PM

11-04-2009, 02:02 AM	#1
Patrick Hogan NASA World Wind Project Manager Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Sillycon Valley, California USA Posts: 29	NASA Software of the Year When Pumba in Lion King asks Timon "What's a motto?" Timon says "Nothin', whats a-motto with you?!" NASA's motto is "For the benefit of all." Not a bad description for Open Source software in general, but in this case, particularly well proven when a NASA open source software program also gets the NASA equivalent of the Oscar. World Wind has been awarded the NASA Software of the Year! Dear Open Source Community, THANK YOU for your incredible support in QA/QC and code contributions!!! Together we can effectively establish and rapidly evolve the infrastructure for spatial data, one that can benefit all forever.

11-04-2009, 02:39 AM	#2
bull Cosmic Overlord Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 2,362	Thank you for opening up such a great piece of software and for fighting to keep it going for all these years, it's great to see the black sheep of the NASA family finally getting the praise it deserves, well done everyone, Pat M, Pat H, Chris, Randy, Jessi, Tom G and everyone else at NASA. __________________ Bull_[UK] ooo00 Bullsworld.net 00ooo

11-04-2009, 04:04 AM	#4
bull Cosmic Overlord Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 2,362	Heh, no I meant your department has often been overlooked by the rest of NASA and has had to constantly fight to stay around. __________________ Bull_[UK] ooo00 Bullsworld.net 00ooo

11-04-2009, 06:16 AM	#5
nick Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 104	A BIG Congratulations from us in Australia. The WorldWind project continues to amaze us with it's potential, flexibility and geniune innovativeness. It's great too see you guys getting the recognition you deserve. Keep up the awesome work. __________________ Nicholas Spragg Software Developer Apogee Imaging International

11-04-2009, 09:43 AM	#6
m_k Bored Explorer Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Warsaw, Poland Posts: 1,737	Wow! Congratulations and keep up the good work, guys. __________________ Hot stuff: FAQ, forum search, DirectX, .NET, Video Card Compatibility list

11-04-2009, 03:00 AM	#3
Patrick Hogan NASA World Wind Project Manager Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Sillycon Valley, California USA Posts: 29	Huh? We ain't no sheep! Unless of course your are thinking of World Wind as the Golden Fleece!!!

11-04-2009, 11:41 AM	#7
zecoyote007 WorldWind enthusiast Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Toulouse Area Posts: 11	Congratulations !!! and a big THANK YOU from France !!! NASA WorldWind is a great piece of opensource code by many aspects. It's the golden standard of java programming and everyone can play with it, build great applications on top of it, contribute, exchange with a growing community... I'm glad your hard work is recognized by NASA, I know that leading this project is an every day challenge. Once again, congratulations to the team for their excellent work and commitment ;-) Nicolas __________________ Nicolas Vila VEGA Technologies SAS, Toulouse, France; VEGA in Space EOLI project, ESA’s Link to Earth Observation

11-04-2009, 01:13 PM	#8
dbacar Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 3	Congratulations.

11-04-2009, 03:44 PM	#9
fabrizio.giudici Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Milan, Genoa (Italy) Posts: 112	Congratulations! __________________ -- Fabrizio Giudici, Ph.D. - Java Architect, Project Manager Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." weblogs.java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici - www.tidalwave.it/blog Fabrizio.Giudici@tidalwave.it - mobile: +39 348.150.6941

11-04-2009, 07:40 PM	#10
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