{"id":6822,"date":"2014-04-07T09:28:35","date_gmt":"2014-04-07T16:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/exoblog\/?p=6822"},"modified":"2023-06-05T16:55:32","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T14:55:32","slug":"win-thank-exo-tribe-rocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/win-thank-exo-tribe-rocks\/","title":{"rendered":"In It To Win It! Thank You, eXo Tribe Rocks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Great news this week at eXo! We are thrilled to announce that because of you all, we won the <a href=\"https:\/\/bitnami.com\/contest\" class=\"broken_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bitnami contest<\/a> after an intense competition!!!<\/p>\n<p>The availability of eXo Platform on Bitnami is a great victory for our teams and for our goal of expansion for our open source software. This opportunity wouldn&#8217;t have been possible without a massive participation of all our users and supporters. We want to give a big thank you to everyone for their support during the contest. And in case you missed all the drama on our social networks, here is what happened for the last few days&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\">The Setup<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>The Contest:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Bitnami is a library of popular server applications and development environments that can be installed with one click, either in your laptop, in a virtual machine or hosted in the cloud. Bitnami\u2019s commercial offering, Bitnami Cloud Hosting, simplifies the process of deploying and\u00a0managing applications in Amazon EC2.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6823 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bitnami-logo.png\" alt=\"bitnami-logo\" width=\"135\" height=\"47\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bitnami-logo.png 135w, https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bitnami-logo-100x35.png 100w, https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bitnami-logo-70x24.png 70w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 135px) 100vw, 135px\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Since the beginning of the year, Bitnami has been running a contest every month. The winning app gets added to the <a href=\"https:\/\/bitnami.com\/stacks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bitnami Application Library<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>How We Entered The Contest:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Last week one of our dear users, <a href=\"https:\/\/community.exoplatform.com\/portal\/intranet\/profile\/4bille\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bill Eichman<\/a>, announced on <a href=\"https:\/\/community.exoplatform.com\/portal\/dw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">eXo Community<\/a> that he had proposed adding eXo to the contest and that our application had just been accepted.\u00a0We only had 5 days left before a winner was picked!<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Less Than A Week To Make A Difference!<br \/>\n<\/strong>To win the contest we had to get the most votes on Bitnami website and on social media. The more shares, likes and RTs the better, but we were late compared to some contestants who already had around 1000 votes\u2026<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-6824 alignnone aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Brad-Pitt-in-Fight-Club-001.jpg\" alt=\"Brad-Pitt-in-Fight-Club-001\" width=\"414\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Brad-Pitt-in-Fight-Club-001.jpg 460w, https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Brad-Pitt-in-Fight-Club-001-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Brad-Pitt-in-Fight-Club-001-360x216.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Brad-Pitt-in-Fight-Club-001-200x120.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Brad-Pitt-in-Fight-Club-001-100x60.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Brad-Pitt-in-Fight-Club-001-50x30.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6825 alignnone aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/join-the-fight.jpg\" alt=\"join-the-fight\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/join-the-fight.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/join-the-fight-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/join-the-fight-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/join-the-fight-35x35.jpg 35w, https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/join-the-fight-236x236.jpg 236w, https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/join-the-fight-131x131.jpg 131w, https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/join-the-fight-90x90.jpg 90w, https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/join-the-fight-30x30.jpg 30w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><br \/>\nWe could not have done it without each and every one of you, and we were stunned that \u2014literally\u2014 just 2 days after getting started we were already ranked #3 in the contest.<br \/>\nAs you know, we here at eXo are all about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/\">empowering others to do more together<\/a>. This time around it was you, our community, staff and friends that inspired us to do more and fight for the winning spot.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>And so we fought!<\/strong> It got intense as others didn\u2019t want to lose either. We kept going from position #2 to position #1 and then again back to #2&#8230; but in the very end WE WON \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\nOur sympathy goes of course to all the Bitnami contestants. Hope to see you soon in the list of winners. Thank you for the great fight!<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\">Proud Of Our Growing Community eXo Tribe<\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Community is a gift in every way and, at eXo, we couldn\u2019t be prouder to see you joining us every day on <a href=\"https:\/\/community.exoplatform.com\/portal\/dw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">community.exoplatform.com<\/a> and giving us a hand when we solicit your help like last week.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">We are truly lucky to have each of you contributing, using our software and supporting each other. We are also grateful for how you help us learn and grow: for every comment, every tweet, everything that you share with us.<br \/>\nWe are committed to delivering an excellent product and get you the best features and benefits.<br \/>\nThank you.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6836\" src=\"https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-01-at-9.32.35-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-04-01 at 9.32.35 PM\" width=\"833\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-01-at-9.32.35-PM.png 833w, https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-01-at-9.32.35-PM-300x140.png 300w, https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-01-at-9.32.35-PM-768x358.png 768w, https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-01-at-9.32.35-PM-720x335.png 720w, https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-01-at-9.32.35-PM-500x233.png 500w, https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-01-at-9.32.35-PM-360x168.png 360w, https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-01-at-9.32.35-PM-200x93.png 200w, https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-01-at-9.32.35-PM-100x47.png 100w, https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-01-at-9.32.35-PM-64x30.png 64w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 833px) 100vw, 833px\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\">Proud Of The eXoers, Our Partners And All Our Friends And Families Out There<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p>From all of us here at eXo, the team is grateful for you, and we want to thank each and every one of you for the support you expressed over the past few days. We were elated to see so much love and conviction from our eXo Family. We appreciate the time and energy that you all have put into helping us win this contest.<br \/>\nThank you.<\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\">And Also&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">So the 3rd and last reason for being proud is that it is possible for a French Open Source startup like eXo to win a contest in such a short time frame because of a worldwide following. If not that, what else could be a better proof for a <strong>big and working community of tech superheroes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6834\" src=\"https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Screen-Shot-2014-03-26-at-10.26.02-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-03-26 at 10.26.02 AM\" width=\"855\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Screen-Shot-2014-03-26-at-10.26.02-AM.png 855w, https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Screen-Shot-2014-03-26-at-10.26.02-AM-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Screen-Shot-2014-03-26-at-10.26.02-AM-768x341.png 768w, https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Screen-Shot-2014-03-26-at-10.26.02-AM-720x320.png 720w, https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Screen-Shot-2014-03-26-at-10.26.02-AM-500x222.png 500w, https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Screen-Shot-2014-03-26-at-10.26.02-AM-360x160.png 360w, https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Screen-Shot-2014-03-26-at-10.26.02-AM-200x89.png 200w, https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Screen-Shot-2014-03-26-at-10.26.02-AM-100x44.png 100w, https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Screen-Shot-2014-03-26-at-10.26.02-AM-68x30.png 68w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 855px) 100vw, 855px\" \/><\/div>\n<h2>On this last note, we\u2019d like to introduce you to the latest addition to our team.<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">We looked around for a while but who else than a superhero to guide a community of superheroes?<br \/>\nWithout further ado, <strong>meet eXoMan!<\/strong><br \/>\nSurrounded by our strong winning community! \ud83d\ude09<br \/>\nHe will soon share with you his eXo adventures, and give you his tips for the most amazing open source enterprise social platform you\u2019ve ever dreamed of.<\/p>\n<p>Keep in touch on <a href=\"https:\/\/community.exoplatform.com\/portal\/dw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">eXo Community<\/a>&#8230;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-6838 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/BD-1961_eXoman_leading_5.png\" alt=\"BD-1961_eXoman_leading_5\" width=\"376\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/BD-1961_eXoman_leading_5.png 800w, https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/BD-1961_eXoman_leading_5-298x300.png 298w, https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/BD-1961_eXoman_leading_5-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/BD-1961_eXoman_leading_5-768x774.png 768w, https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/BD-1961_eXoman_leading_5-50x50.png 50w, https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/BD-1961_eXoman_leading_5-35x35.png 35w, https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/BD-1961_eXoman_leading_5-469x473.png 469w, https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/BD-1961_eXoman_leading_5-326x328.png 326w, https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/BD-1961_eXoman_leading_5-234x236.png 234w, https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/BD-1961_eXoman_leading_5-130x131.png 130w, https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/BD-1961_eXoman_leading_5-89x90.png 89w, https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/BD-1961_eXoman_leading_5-30x30.png 30w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Great news this week at eXo! 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