PRNewswire: Andover.net Announces Nominees for First-Annual Slashdot Open Source Community Awards | Linux Today

PRNewswire: Andover.net Announces Nominees for First-Annual Slashdot Open Source Community Awards

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 21, 2000

Polls Now Open on Slashdot; Community Given the Power to
Award Over $100,000 and Propeller-Topped Beanies to Open Source
Innovators

“Slashdot readers will help Andover.Net and Slashdot award over
$100,000 in cash prizes to important contributors and influential
advocates in the Open Source community. Categories range from the
serious $30,000 prize for Most Improved Open Source Project to the
Propeller-Topped Beanie Prize for Best Dressed.”

“The Open Source community has produced some really great
projects this year. Andover.Net’s goal with the awards is to
encourage development and support projects,” said Bruce Twickler,
president and CEO of Andover.Net. “We look forward to recognizing
the important contributors and celebrating them at one great
Slashdot party.”


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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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