Andover.Net Opens Balloting for First-Annual Slashdot Open Source Community Awards.Business/Technology Editors ACTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 3, 2000 Slashdot Awards to Honor Open Source Innovators with Propeller-Topped Beanies with a Total of $100,000 in Financial Support Andover.Net (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ANDN) the Internet's leading Linux destination, today opened the balloting for the first-annual Slashdot Open Source Community Awards, a.k.a. Slashdot Beanie bean·ie n. A small brimless cap. [Probably from bean, head.] beanie Noun Brit, Austral & NZ close-fitting woollen hat Noun Awards. These awards are sponsored and organized by Slashdot.org , the "News for Nerds: Stuff that Matters" Web site founded by Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda and Jeff "Hemos" Bates Bates , Katherine Lee 1859-1929. American educator and writer best known for her poem "America the Beautiful," written in 1893 and revised in 1904 and 1911. . CmdrTaco and Hemos know they have an opinionated o·pin·ion·at·ed adj. Holding stubbornly and often unreasonably to one's own opinions. [Probably from obsolete opinionate : opinion + -ate1. audience and are enabling the Open Source Community to vote for the developers and projects that are leading the Open Source revolution. Andover.Net will distribute a total of $100,000 in cash prizes ranging from the big $30,000 award for Most Improved Open Source Project and a $10,000 Most Improved Kernel Module to a more lighthearted $2,000 Best Unix Desktop Eyecandy Award. Propeller-topped beanie awards will also be given to eight lucky winners. All Slashdot Open Source Award recipients will be honored in an awards ceremony Webcast live on February 3 at the Linux World Expo in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . "This has been a year of tremendous growth for the Open Source community and all the groups, projects and developers who comprise it," said Bruce Twickler, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Andover.Net. "Andover.Net organized the Beanies to provide a forum for the Open Source world to recognize its innovators and to give them financial support to help further their work. We also hope to have a little fun while doing it." In true Open Source fashion, the Slashdot Open Source Community Awards ask members of the community to nominate candidates in 16 different award categories. Beginning today through January 16, registered Slashdot readers can log onto the site and submit their nominations for: $30,000 Prize --Most Improved Open Source Project $10,000 Awards --Most Improved Kernel Module --Unsung Hero --Best Newbie A first-time user. A newbie may be a novice in anything; using a computer, a video game, a particular operating system, the Internet, etc. Also called a "newb," "noob" or "nub." (jargon) newbie Helper --Most Deserving Open Source Charity --Best Open Source Advocate $2,000 Awards --Best Unix Desktop Eyecandy --Best Unix Desktop Earcandy --Best Desktop Theme --Best Open Source-Related Book --Best Perl Module A Perl module is a discrete component of software for the Perl programming language. A module is distinguished by a unique namespace, e.g. "CGI" or "Net::FTP" or "XML::Parser" and a filename similarly named (ie. Net::FTP lives in Net/FTP.pm). --Best Apache Module --Best Open Source Text Editor --Best Deserving of a $2,000 Award --Best Designed Interface in a Graphical Application --Best Designed Interface in a Non-Graphical Application Why Not? To honor the lighter side of Open Source, the Slashdot Awards will dish out eight accolades just for fun. Winners of the following honors will receive their very own symbol of uber-geekdom--a propeller-topped beanie--and a hug from Slashdot staffer, Jonathan "Cowboy Neal" Pater PATER. Father. A term used in making genealogical tables. . Categories include: --Best Dressed --Favorite Slashdot Comment Poster --Favorite Slashdot Author --Best Slashdot Story of 1999 --Big Dumb Patent Bully --Big Dumb Domain Bully --Clue Stick Award for FUD in Journalism --The Hemos Award (only Hemos is eligible) Two Part Voting Process The Open Source Community is all about flexibility and nothing is beyond the reach of fine-tuning--consequently neither are the Slashdot Community Awards. Readers can change their votes as many times as they like through January 16. On January 17, the top five nominees in each category will be announced and the second phase of voting begins. From January 17 through January 31, Slashdot will post a voting page with the five finalists in each category. Readers will log on and cast their votes for the number one nominee in each category. "If we tried selecting five nominees and told our audience to choose a winner, our readers would spend the next week complaining that we picked the wrong five," Malda said. "This whole open voting thing is really just a cheap way for us to shirk shirk In Islam, idolatry and polytheism, both of which are regarded as heretical. The Qu'ran stresses that God does not share his powers with any partner (sharik) and warns that those who believe in idols will be harshly dealt with on the Day of Judgment. responsibility for handling nominations--and quite honestly, our audience is better suited to pick them anyway." About Andover.Net Andover.Net (NASDAQ: ANDN) is the leading Linux destination. Serving over 2.4 million users and over 50 million page impressions on a monthly basis, Andover.Net (www.andover.net) includes a unique combination of news and reviews; resources for buyers, developers and programmers; and e-Tools for Web builders. For the latest Open Source and Linux news, reviews, resources and geek A technically oriented person. 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