Linux Foundation Announces Linux.com Store T-shirt Design Winner

Linux Foundation Announces Linux.com Store T-shirt Design
Winner

Nearly 8,000 votes determine community’s favorite Linux-themed
design, to be displayed on T-shirts at LinuxCon and in Linux.com
Store

SAN FRANCISCO, June 23, 2010 – The Linux Foundation, the
nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of
Linux, today announced the winning design in its Linux.com Store
T-shirt Design Contest, “The People’s Product.” The design won by a
large margin with 57 percent (4,501) of all votes cast, with the
other five finalists sharing 43 percent of the vote among them.

The winning design was created by Mr. Said Hassan who says it
“represents the collective work of the people. It’s a celebration
of our efforts: Linux is our product.” Mr. Hassan rallied bloggers
and local television stations around his design, garnering a number
of articles and television interviews about his submission. He is a
marketing consultant at SADAF Information Technology in Gaza in
Palestine.

As the designer, Mr. Hassan is receiving travel expenses and a
free pass to LinuxCon in Boston
(http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/linuxcon) this August
where “The People’s Product” design will be displayed on Linux.com
Store merchandise and available for purchase. The design is
expected to be available on T-shirts in the Linux.com Store this
summer.

The contest was launched with the opening of the Linux.com
Store, which is an online marketplace where people can purchase
items from an exclusive line of original T-shirts, hats, mugs and
other items that reflect “geek culture.” Six finalists were chosen
from more than 100 design entries. Nearly 8,000 votes were cast
during the month of May as designers competed for the grand prize
and encouraged their personal networks to get out the vote.

“‘The People’s Product’ design is an important addition to the
Linux.com Store merchandise selection and will help generate
revenue for activities that advance the Linux operating system,”
said Amanda McPherson at The Linux Foundation. “We also hope that
the Linux.com Store T-shirt Design Contest will bring attention to
Mr. Hassan and others like him who support and contribute to Linux
in a variety of important ways.”

All revenue generated from the Linux.com Store goes directly
towards Linux Foundation activities, events and strategic
initiatives. The Linux Foundation uses funds from a variety of
revenue streams to support the work of Linux creator Linus Torvalds
and to sustain important services such as technical events; travel
grants for open source community members; a vendor-neutral forum
for projects such as MeeGo; and free training resources direct from
the kernel community; among others.

Related Links

* See all six of the finalists’ designs here:
http://www.linux.com/tshirt-design-contest

* More details on the contest:
http://www.linux.com/news/featured-blogs/185-jennifer-cloer/301840-linuxcom-t-shirt-design-contest-finalists-announced-

* Please visit the Linux.com Store at:
http://store.linux.com/.

* Learn more about LinuxCon here:
http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/linuxcon.

About the Linux Foundation

The Linux Foundation is a nonprofit consortium dedicated to
fostering the growth of Linux. Founded in 2007, the Linux
Foundation sponsors the work of Linux creator Linus Torvalds and is
supported by leading Linux and open source companies and developers
from around the world. The Linux Foundation promotes, protects and
standardizes Linux by hosting important workgroups, events and
online resources such as Linux.com. For more information, please
visit www.linuxfoundation.org or follow the organization on Twitter
at www.twitter.com/linuxfoundation.

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