Black Duck Software Names Open Source "Rookies of the Year" for 2008.Top new projects created in 2008 demonstrate continued open source innovation across all facets of application development WALTHAM, Mass. -- Black Duck Software today selected the top ten "rookie" open source components from a list of over 17,000 projects that were created in 2008. With 2009 budgets contracting, more and more software development organizations are enhancing productivity by reusing open source components. Developers at these companies are aided by the significant number of new open source projects that emerged in 2008, and over 600 companies now rely on Black Duck solutions to streamline how open source code is incorporated into development projects. Engineers at Black Duck actively spider the Internet, aggregating downloadable code into a giant repository, the Black Duck KnowledgeBase. This resource currently contains about 180,000 open source projects from nearly 4,000 unique web sites. Black Duck surveyed the KnowledgeBase to discover projects created last year, and researchers ranked them according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the number of project releases issued during the year, which demonstrates project momentum within the community. The Black Duck "rookies of the year" for 2008 are as follows: 1. Beacon Cache - Peer-to-peer file sharing Copying files from one computer to another. See peer-to-peer network, file sharing protocol and file and printer sharing. web cache (1) A computer system in a network that keeps copies of the most-recently requested Web pages in memory or on disk in order to speed up retrieval. If the next page requested has already been stored in the cache, it is retrieved locally rather than from the Internet. based on Gnutella. 2. AnimeVision - Anime management software. 3. Wordpress Themes & Plugins - Themes and plugins for the Wordpress open source blog publishing application. 4. Artica-postfix - Protects an SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) The standard e-mail protocol on the Internet and part of the TCP/IP protocol suite, as defined by IETF RFC 2821. SMTP defines the message format and the message transfer agent (MTA), which stores and forwards the mail. mail server from malicious programs and spam. 5. sorian-ai-mod - A game called "Sorian AI Mod for Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance." 6. SysDirector - Configuration management system. 7. Lockdown Lockdown A specified period when an employee of a public company is barred from selling - and occasionally buying - their company's stock. Notes: These types of equity transaction restrictions can be imposed by securities regulators or underwriting firms if a company has - Authentication/authorization system for RubyOnRails. 8. Bombusmod (bm2) - Modified version of the Bombus instant messaging client Chat Client is the name used for alternative engines to messengers such as Yahoo!, MSN, and AOL. Several offer limited services with only IM/PM ability while some offer combined messsenger services with Yahoo!, AOL, or MSN, among others, combined into one. for mobile phones. 9. notefinder - Cross-platform desktop note-taking application. 10. jbooktrader - Automated trading system An automated trading system (ATS) is a computer trading program that automatically submits trades to an exchange. An example of an early ATS is Instinet. This allows traders to input trades invisibly to the market, with a crossing price determined by a VWAP measure. for market securities. Additional information on rookie open source projects, as well as other interesting facts, such as a list of new open source iPhone applications, can be found on the Black Duck website at http://www.blackducksoftware.com/news/news/2009-01-21. "The Black Duck KnowledgeBase is a treasure trove TREASURE TROVE. Found treasure. 2. This name is given to such money or coin, gold, silver, plate, or bullion, which having been hidden or concealed in the earth or other private place, so long that its owner is unknown, has been discovered by accident. of information that provides insight into the state of open source development today, and our recent list demonstrates the accelerating acceptance of open source within development," said Peter Vescuso, senior vice president of marketing at Black Duck Software. "If you look at the list of star rookie projects, you see components that can assist developers in many ways, from configuration management to messaging and from file sharing to blog publishing tools." The Black Duck KnowledgeBase is the largest collection of open source software in the industry, representing collectively more than 150 engineering years of research time. Within the KnowledgeBase, Black Duck maintains component information, or metadata, on OS projects including: name, description, URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. , license, language, security vulnerabilities and more. More information on the Black Duck KnowledgeBase is available at www.blackducksoftware.com/knowledgebase. For the latest information about how Black Duck enterprise solutions optimize software development and enable open source reuse for companies, visit the Black Duck website at www.blackducksoftware.com. About Black Duck Software Black Duck Software is the leading global provider of products and services for accelerating software development through the managed use of open source and third-party code. 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