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diff --git a/content/bossie.article b/content/bossie.article new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bff5a23 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/bossie.article @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +# Go Wins 2010 Bossie Award +6 Sep 2010 +Summary: Go wins a 2010 Bossie Award for “best open source application development software.” +OldURL: /go-wins-2010-bossie-award + +Andrew Gerrand + +## + +The Go project has been awarded a [Bossie Award](http://www.infoworld.com/d/open-source/bossie-awards-2010-the-best-open-source-application-development-software-140¤t=2&last=1) +for "best open source application development software." The [Bossie Awards](http://www.infoworld.com/d/open-source/bossie-awards-2010-the-best-open-source-software-the-year-115) +have been given each year since 2007 by [InfoWorld](http://infoworld.com/) +to recognize the best Open Source projects. +Their citation reads: + +Google's Go language tries to restore simplicity to programming. +It does away with numerous constructs that have crept into all OO languages +by re-imagining how to simplify and improve the conversation between a developer and the code. +Go provides garbage collection, type safety, +memory safety, and built-in support for concurrency and for Unicode characters. +In addition, it compiles (fast!) to binaries for multiple platforms. +Go is still in development (new features are being added) and it has limitations, +notably poor support for Windows. +But it shows a new, exciting direction in programming languages. + +The Go team are pleased to accept this award. +It reflects not only our hard work, but also the efforts of the growing +community of Go developers to whom we must extend our sincere thanks. |