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Second quarter Open Source Awards announced

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the cough-up-some-cash dept.

JohnGrahamCumming writes "The Open Source Initiative has announced its Q2 award winners here. Three people/projects got $500 Merit Awards: Martin Pool for distcc, Tom Lord for GNU Arch and The GIMP. OSI is currently looking for nominations for the Q3 awards to be announced at OSCON."

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  1. See!!! by TopShelf · · Score: 4, Funny

    And who said Open Source can't be financially rewarding...

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    1. Re:See!!! by nkh · · Score: 5, Funny

      All these guys are now wondering how much ramen one can buy with $500!

    2. Re:See!!! by bigdavex · · Score: 4, Funny

      And who said Open Source can't be financially rewarding...

      All they need now is another $199.

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  2. Wide open by wombatmobile · · Score: 2, Funny

    "OSI is currently looking for nominations for the Q3 awards to be announced at OSCON."

    I nominate these (wide) open sourcers from Washington state.
  3. Speech... by bennomatic · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'd like to thank Linus, and Richard--This one's for you, Richard!--and the brave guys and gals at CollabNet. And for those of you just getting started, I'd like to say... this trophy is worth more than all the stock options I ever received!

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  4. $500! by lawngnome · · Score: 3, Funny

    Im sure some people here will claim $500 isnt a lot of money, but its programmers were talking about here - imagine how much ramen that is !

  5. Re:No award for Eric Raymond? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Oh, hi Eric!

  6. Re:I thought The Gimp was a Tarantino character? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Take a look at GIMP bug report #10686:
    http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id =10686

    That might confuse you even more...

  7. Re:GIMP is all you need. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Gimp sucks and Photoshop rules!

  8. My favorite open sourced beverage by Psymunn · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'd like to nominate Wilhelm IV for open sourcing Beer back in 1516.
    #include "barley"
    #include "hops"
    #include "water"
    #include "yeast"

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