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Call For Open Source Awards 2008 Nominations

Posted by kdawson on from the singing-the-unsung dept.

chromatic writes "Google and O'Reilly have published the Call For Open Source Awards 2008 Nominations. These awards, given at OSCON 2008, recognize individual contributors who have demonstrated exceptional leadership, creativity, and collaboration in the development of open source software. The nomination process is open to the entire open source community, and nominations close on May 15. Here's your chance to sing the praises of previously unsung hackers."

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  1. No discussion... by mebrahim · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I vote for Vista.

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    1. Re:No discussion... by JohnBailey · · Score: 4, Insightful

      I vote WGA. The process that gave me the final push to move to Linux.

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  2. Mark Shuttleworth by k33l0r · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I nominate Mark Shuttleworth of Ubuntu fame. Ubuntu has done more to promote a desktop Linux than any other distro before.