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A different kind of Groupon – Room to Read donation, matched by Atlassian

Atlassian's relationship with Room to Read started back in 2009 with the launch of our Starter Licenses. To date, our customers' contributions have raised over $1,000,000 for literacy programs in developing countries. As part of our ongoing support of Room to Read, Atlassian is sponsoring this week's Groupon deal in the US. Groupon subscribers are able to buy $10, $25, or $125 donation "deals," all of which will be matched by Atlassian up to $100,000. The donations will all go

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Guest blog – Mercy Ships, Community License holder

Mercy Ships is a charity which operates hospital ships in developing nations. It was the inaugural winner of Atlassian's new annual award given to a Community License holder. The following guest blog post was written by Anne Barker, Mercy Ships' Information Projects Specialist. Entries for the 2011 Do-Gooder award close on April 25th. We're all pinching pennies these days, whether it's in the grocery budget or cutting down on travel. But the world's poor often don't even have the pennies to

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Missed out on an Angry Nerds t-shirt? No worries!

Win an Angry Nerds t-shirt - Facebook contest If you missed out on a free Angry Nerds t-shirt, worry no more! Here's a chance to score one now. "Like" the Atlassian Facebook page, and tell us which nerd we missed in our game. Make sure you name the nerd (for example, "The Mighty Eagle"), give a short description of the nerd and identify its special move.  Best nerd today and tomorrow gets a free shirt. We'll contact the winners via Facebook. Good luck! Wednesday's winners Dave Bl's

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Introducing the Atlassian Do-Gooder Award

Since opening our doors in 2002, Atlassian has donated over $40 million in software development tools to thousands of non-profit and open source organizations. At last year's Summit we kicked off a wonderful new tradition of giving out a $10,000 prize to a Community License holder. Mercy Ships, the winner, moved us by showing how the money they saved by receiving free Atlassian licenses contributed to their charitable efforts. We were so thrilled with the positive messages we saw in each entry

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