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PRNewswire: AbiWord Wins Show Favorite Award at LinuxWorld Conference and Expo

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 13, 1999

“At the awards presentation for Show Favorite at LinuxWorld
Conference and Expo, SourceGear Corporation has accepted the top
award in the category of Productivity Application/Suite. The Show
Favorite awards were determined by vote of the attendees.”

“AbiWord is a high-quality word processor developed by
SourceGear Corporation in cooperation with a team of individuals in
the Open Source community.
Staff members at SourceGear created
the AbiSource project last year and continue to serve as leader and
coordinator of the project.

“In addition to Linux, AbiWord is supported on Microsoft Windows
and other platforms. The application is freely available for
download…”

“With complete source code available and a truly open
development model, AbiWord is in a state of continuous
improvement.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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