Voting opens; winners to be announced at celebration during OSCON
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SourceForge (Nasdaq:
LNUX), the global online network for community-driven tech media and
e-commerce, today announced the finalists for the 2009 SourceForge.net
Community Choice Awards. In its fourth year, the Community Choice Awards
received the highest number of nominations from its community members to date,
resulting in 85 finalists.
"The open source community submitted more than 47,000 nominations, almost
doubling the submissions received in 2008," said Ross Turk, director of
community at SourceForge. "The support and enthusiasm people have shown for
these open source projects proves that the spirit of community and
collaboration is alive and well."
The complete list of finalists can be found at
http://sourceforge.net/community/cca09/. Projects nominated in multiple
categories include:
-- Audacity for Best Project and Best Project for Multimedia.
-- Beehive Forum for Best Visual Design, Best Project for Government and
Best Commercial Open Source Project.
-- Cyn.in for Best New Project, Best Commercial Open Source Project and
Best Visual Design.
-- Firebird for Best Project, Best Project for Government and Best
Project
for the Enterprise.
-- FreeNAS for Best Project and Most Likely to Change the Way You Do
Everything.
-- GoldenDict for Best Project for Academia and Best New Project.
-- KeePass Password Safe for Best Project, Best Tool or Utility for
SysAdmins and Most Likely to Change the Way You Do Everything.
-- Lancelot for Best Visual Design and Most Likely to Change the Way You
Do
Everything.
-- phpMyAdmin for Best Tool or Utility for SysAdmins and Best Tool or
Utility for Developers.
-- PortableApps.com: Portable Software/USB for Best Project, Best Tool or
Utility for SysAdmins, Best Commercial Open Source Project, Best
Visual
Design, Best Project for Government, Best Tool or Utility for
Developers, Best Project for Multimedia and Most Likely to Change the
Way You Do Everything.
-- ProcessMaker Open Source for Best Commercial Open Source Project and
Best Visual Design.
-- ReactOS for Best Project, Best Project for Government and Most Likely
to
Change the Way You Do Everything.
-- Sphinx for Best Tool or Utility for SysAdmins and Best Project for the
Enterprise.
-- symfony PHP framework for Best Project, Best Tool or Utility for
Developers and Best Project for the Enterprise.
-- TortoiseSVN for Best Project and Best Tool or Utility for Developers.
-- XAMPP for Best Project, Best Tool or Utility for SysAdmins and Best
Tool
or Utility for Developers.
-- XBMC Media Center for Best Project, Best Visual Design, Best Project
for
Multimedia and Most Likely to Change the Way You Do Everything.
-- XMind for Best Project for Academia, Best Commercial Open Source
Project, Best Visual Design and Best Project for Government.
-- ZK - Simply Ajax and Mobile for Best Visual Design and Best Tool or
Utility for Developers.
Voting is open to the public, and individuals can register their vote from
June 22 through July 20 by visiting
http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca09/vote. The winners will be announced
at the Agenda Lounge in San Jose, Calif., on July 23 during an exclusive event
for SourceForge.net members and OSCON attendees. In addition to announcing the
winners, the event will feature music, drinks, giveaways from ThinkGeek, retro
games, free tattoos and more.
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