“Once again, it is time to present our annual awards to
those we feel deserve recognition for their contributions to
forwarding the Linux cause in the real world.“
“Welcome to the 1999 Editors’ Choice Awards, brought to you by
the same cool cats who bring you Linux Journal. This has been an
extremely exciting year for the world of Linux in all areas. We
have witnessed an explosion in many areas, and the spirit of open
source is stronger than ever throughout the entire community. Last
year Netscape brought open source to the masses, and we are
stronger now in numbers and spirit. This year saw major
improvements to the various distributions, a wildly successful IPO,
and more attention from the business world and software firms than
for other platforms, not to mention the successes of the kernel
developers and the proliferation and growth of projects. As for the
Editors’ Choice Awards, there were many qualified candidates, and
while sometimes the winners were obvious, other times we had to
choose the best among peers. Here are our choices, we hope you
agree with most (or at least some) of them!”
The categories are:
- Product of the Year…
- Best New Hardware…
- Best New Application–Software Development…
- Best New Application–Embedded Systems…
- Best New Application–End User…
- Best New Gadget…
- Best New Book…
- Best Business Solution…