MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA -- 07/03/08 --
SourceForge, Inc. (NASDAQ: LNUX), the
leader in community-driven content and media, today announced the finalists
of its third annual SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards. The Community
Choice Awards allow the open source community to recognize its most
innovative projects through an open nomination and voting process. This
year, projects outside of SourceForge.net are eligible to win, ensuring
that the voice of the community is heard broadly and without limitation.
During the month-long nomination phase, the community chose finalists in
each category. The voting phase, which is open until July 18, 2008, will
determine each category's final winning project. Winners will be announced
on July 24, 2008 at the awards party hosted by SourceForge at the Jupiter
Hotel in downtown Portland, OR.
"Open source is built on a spirit of collaboration, so it makes sense that
we honor our best and brightest through collaborative choice," said Ross
Turk, SourceForge.net Community Manager. "The community has nominated more
projects this year than ever before, and our list of finalists is diverse
enough to ensure some pretty close races. I think every vote is going to
count!"
The projects with enough nominations to become finalists are:
-- Best Project: Drupal, Firebird, FreeMind, KeePass Password Safe,
OpenOffice.org, PortableApps.com, Sphinx, XAMPP, XBMC media center, XOOPS
Dynamic Web CMS
-- Best Project for the Enterprise: Drupal, Elastix, Firebird,
LimeSurvey, Magneto, OpenOffice.org, PortableApps.com, Sphinx, Zenoss Core,
ZK - Simply Ajax and Mobile
-- Best Project for Educators: Claroline, Drupal, FreeMind, GeoGebra,
Moodle, OpenOffice.org, PortableApps.com, Stellarium, VMukti, XAMPP,
-- Most Likely to Be the Next $1B Acquisition: Amanda Network Backup,
Azureus, Firebird, Megneto, phpMyAdmin, PortableApps.com, Sphinx, Talend
Open Studio, Zenoss Core, XBMC media center, ZK - Simply Ajax and Mobile
-- Best Project for Multimedia: Amarok, Audacity, Inkscape, Irrlicht
Engine, MediaCoder, MediaInfo, PortableApps.com, SMPlayer, VLC, XBMC media
center
-- Best Project for Gamers: AssaultCube, Crystal Space CD SDK, Irrlicht
Engine, The Mana World, Mumble, Nexuiz, ScrummVM, OGRE, UFO:Alien Invasion,
the Ur-Quan Masters, XBMC media center
-- Most Likely to Change the World: Drupal, eyeOS, Firefox, Launchy,
Linux, Magento, OpenOffice.org, PortableApps.com, ReactOS, Ubuntu, XBMC
media center
-- Best New Project: FluxBB, Habari, ImpressCMS, Jensor Java Profiler,
Magneto, Millennium BSA, MPower, phpMinAdmin, Tine20, Untangle Gateway
Platform, WANem
-- Most Likely to Be Accused of Patent Violation: 7-Zip, eMule, Mono,
Moodle, OpenOffice.org, PortableAps.com, ReactOS, ScummVM, devkitPro,
Pidgin, Wine is Not an Emulator
-- Most Likely to Get Users Sued: Azureus, DC++, devkitPro, eMule,
KeePass Password Safe, Launchy, PortableApps.com, ReactOS, Shareaza, XBMC
media center
-- Best Tool or Utility for SysAdmins: 7-Zip, Amanda Network Backup,
FileZilla, FREESCO router, ISP Control Panel, KeePass Password Safe,
phpMyAdmin, PortableApps.com, WinSCP, Zenoss Core
-- Best Tool or Utility for Developers: Code::Blocks, devkitPro, Krupal,
FireZilla, Notepad++, phpMyAdmin, PortableApps.com, WinMerge, XAMPP, ZK -
Simply Ajax and Mobile
To vote, or for information about the awards program, please visit:
http://sourceforge.net/community/cca08-finalists
About SourceForge, Inc.
SourceForge's media and e-commerce web sites connect millions of
influential technology professionals and enthusiasts each day. Combining
user-developed content, online marketplaces and e-commerce, SourceForge is
the global technology community's nexus for information exchange, goods for
geeks, and open source software distribution and services. SourceForge's
network of web sites serves 32 million unique visitors each month* and
includes: SourceForge.net, Slashdot.org, ThinkGeek.com, Linux.com,
freshmeat.net, and ITManagersJournal. For more information or to view the
media kit online, visit www.sourceforge.com. (*Source: Google Analytics and
Omniture, April 2008.)
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