Welcome Alexander Kiok, you're the 1,000th member of the Lift community

Folks,

It's been a very good week in Lift and Scala-land:

• The Lift community has grown to 1,000 members.  That's a huge milestone and an indication that Lift and Scala have achieved an important level of popularity.
• Beginning Scala and The Definitive Guide to Lift shipped this week.  Congrats to Derek, Marius, and Tyler on their book (my copy is on its way to Romania for an autograph).
• Innovation Games Online (a Scala and Lift powered serious gaming site) went into final beta this week at http://dev.buyafeature.com
• ESME (an SAP ecosystem project based on Scala and Lift) is getting back into the development swing (thanks Vassil)
  
• And on a personal note, I got to have lunch with Adriaan Moors today.  Adrian was awarded his PhD last week and rumor has it that he'll be in Laussanne in the fall.
  

So, Alexander and the rest of the members of the Lift and Scala communities, let's all look at our virtual neighbors, smile, and keep growing the community and the great software that the community is creating.

Thanks,

David

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