Brian Teeman

Thanks to Sander for supplying me with a very long list of impressive high profile web sites from the Netherlands. I never thought I would need such a big list.

We all know that two of the greatest Joomla extension developers are in Greece.

There can hardly be a Joomla web site developer that has not heard of Akeeba Backup or K2 from JoomlaWorks.

But let's not forget that one half of the Community Builder team are also in Athens.

Maybe there is something in the water of the "Home of Democracy" that makes such great Joomla developers or perhaps it's the quality of the education.

It seems that there is never a pub quiz without being asked for the name of the Capital City of Australia.

I don't know why but the quiz master always seems to think that this is a trick question and that after a few beers everyone will forget that it is Canberra and opt for Sydney instead.

Do they think we are all fools?

As a child I would be glued to my radio every sunday night to hear the music single Top 40 countdown.

As an adult in the multimedia cd-rom business I would scramble to open the envelope for the monthly software sales charts.

When I think of the Netherlands I think of clogs, tulips, windmills and some of the best Joomla!Day events I have ever attended.

The Netherlands is also of course famous for its canals and the fact that about 1/5 of the country has been recovered from the sea or about 7,000 km².

The Republic of Cameroon (French: République du Cameroun) is in central, western Africa on the Atlantic coast.

Although the country was created from two countries from the former French and British empires it is a predominantly french speaking country.

Relative to it's neighbouring countries Cameroon enjoys political and social stability and comparatively is well developed.

As you hopefully know by now this series of blog posts aims to feature high profile Joomla web sites from a country that won a match in the FIFA World Cup.

There wasn't a game today so I've selected a web site from England, who did win once, but haven't featured yet.

Sadly the England team underperformed so I've selected this site with my tongue firmly in my cheek as it's not exactly as "high profile" as other sites that I've included.

For most people in England when they think of visiting Spain they only travel to the Mediterranean coastal resorts.

The only thing Spanish they will ever see is tourist only Flamenco dance whilst they eat a "full english breakfast" or "fish and chips", all washed down with large quantities of English lager.

They miss out on the cultural and historical sites especially the city of Toledo located in the center of the country which has perhaps one of the richest histories of all.

When Brazil announced their team for the World Cup it was a surprise to many that Ronaldinho, a former World and European Footballer of the Year, was not selected.

But I guess having seen the performances to date of the Brazilian team even a player of his pedagree isn't needed.

(If England only had a player with a fraction of his skill and talent)

The last upgrade for Joomla was the move from 1.0 to 1.5 over 3 years ago and yet we still see many, many Joomla sites running Joomla 1.0.

Why is it that - after people have bust their ass to produce a shiny new version of our product - users are so slow to upgrade?

What can be done to ensure that the same doesn't happen with the release of Joomla 1.6?

What can we do to ensure that we aren't supporting three different and incompatible releases of Joomla! on our client's web sites?

How can we ensure that all users will see the benefits of all the hard work?