by Savio Rodrigues

Which project will win best Commercial Open Source Project?

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May 7, 20092 mins

Will "best" and "most revenue generating" align on this list of Best Commercial Open Source Project?

As you’ve no doubt heard, SourceForge.net announced it’s accepting nominations for its fourth annual Community Choice Awards.

Head on over to SourceForge.net and submit your nominations in the following categories:

  • Best Project
  • Best Project for the Enterprise
  • Best Project for Gamers
  • Best Project for Multimedia
  • Best New Project
  • Best Tool or Utility for SysAdmins
  • Best Tool or Utility for Developers
  • Best Commercial Open Source Project (new category)
  • Best Project for Academia (new category)
  • Best Project for Government (new category)
  • Most Likely to Change the Way You Do Everything (new category)
  • Best Visual Design (new category)

I’m really curious to see which vendors and the breadth of product markets that will be represented in the “Best Commercial Open Source Project” category. How will voters define “best”? Best to use without paying for the commercial product derived from the project? Best to support a vendor revenue stream? Both!?

I also wonder if (/why) Microsoft is (not) sponsoring the Community Choice Awards, since the company made a splash about sponsoring the 2008 awards.

Looking forward to seeing the nomination results and the final voting…

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