SourceForge Community Choice Awards winners

Some likely and unlikely candidates snap up SourceForge Community Choice Awards

Winners of the SourceForge Community Choice Awards were announced at OSCON today.

Okay, as much as I love phpMyAdmin, how in the world would anyone vote for them to be the next $1 billion acquisition? Heck, is there even a company to acquire?

  • Best Project: OpenOffice.org
  • Best Project for the Enterprise: OpenOffice.org
  • Best Project for Education: OpenOffice.org
  • Most Likely to Be the Next $1B Acquisition: phpMyAdmin
  • Best Project for Multimedia: VLC
  • Best Project for Gamers: XBMC
  • Most Likely to Change the World: Linux
  • Best New Project: Magento
  • Most Likely to Be Accused of Patent Violation: WINE
  • Most Likely to Get Users Sued: eMule
  • Best Tool or Utility for SysAdmins: phpMyAdmin
  • Best Tool or Utility for Developers: Notepad++

But alas, the voters have spoken, so congratulations to the winners!

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