SourceForge.net, a company loosely affiliated or partnered with Superb Hosting (where Rob and I are both currently working), has released this year’s Open-Source Oscars, or at least their equivalent of the famed awards ceremony.

SourceForge is the world’s largest Open Source software development web site, hosting more than 100,000 projects and over 1,000,000 registered users with a centralized resource for managing projects, issues, communications, and code. SourceForge.net has the largest repository of Open Source code and applications available on the Internet, and hosts more Open Source development products than any other site or network worldwide. SourceForge.net provides a wide variety of services to projects we host, and to the Open Source community. 

With more and more companies looking at the open-source arena for innovation and opportunity - maybe even Microsoft, but maybe not - a platform like SourceForge is important to foster these types of projects. Categories include Best New Project (eMule), Best Project for Multimedia (Audacity), and Best Project for the Enterprise (Firebird), as well as the Best Project, which went to 7-Zip (also Best Technical Design). Of the nine different winners, I’ve actually used three, Audacity, 7-Zip, and Azureus, all of which suited my needs quite well. For more about the awards, check out this article.

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