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CNET to Award Open Source Initiatives

Posted by Zonk on from the hats-off dept.

An anonymous reader writes "CNET's 2005 awards will for the first time include a category for Open Source Initiative of the Year. The winner will be announced at a gala dinner in London's swanky Park Lane Hilton in September. It's good to see such explicit acknowledging of the work being done by the open source community."

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  1. Cute award by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Of course in the closed source world, the "prize" for success is cold hard cash.

    1. Re:Cute award by FireballX301 · · Score: 3, Informative

      Keep in mind, though, that working on OSS projects applies as 'experience'. If you're fresh out of school with the ink still wet on your CS degree, working for OSS for a while will most definitely get you a higher starting salary when you put it on your Resume.

      Unless you go to work for SCO or MS.

  2. Yipe by rbochan · · Score: 5, Funny

    And we all know what a bastion of OSS CNET/ZDNet is...

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  3. CNET?? by SleepyHappyDoc · · Score: 5, Funny

    What on Earth makes them think they are qualified to select the best Open Source Initiative of the year? Don't they own download.com, arguably the largest repository of crap-filled closed-source downloadables? This sounds like the Winston-Salem Environmental & Health awards...

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  4. Supporting... anonymously by sjbe · · Score: 4, Funny

    An anonymous reader writes ... good to see such explicit acknowledging of the work being done by the open source community.

    Good to see people willing to stand up and openly support open source...

  5. proprietary entry form by AndreyFilippov · · Score: 4, Insightful

    To submit an entry for the "Open Source Initiative of the Year" you have to fill out MS word (entry_form_2005.doc) file.

  6. Re:Important to note by xanderwilson · · Score: 4, Funny

    Given that the entry form is a Word doc download, speculate away.

    Alex.