I just wanted to extended a huge “thank you!” to all of the Ubuntu community Today Ubuntu won the “Best Desktop Solution” Product Excellence Award at LinuxWorld Conference and Expo 2008 in San Francisco, California for a second consecutive（连续的） year.
From the site:
“Judged by a group of respected industry experts managed by LinuxWorld.com, the LinuxWorld Product Excellence Awards recognize product and service innovations（创新） by LinuxWorld® and NGDC exhibitors.
Product Excellence Awards are divided into 12 product categories, including a “Best of Show,” that represent major areas of innovation in the Linux and open source community. “
Last but not least, I also want to thank all of my colleagues who were pretty busy at the booth, and of course those taking care of all things Ubuntu in the 22 countries where we have employees - including Zaïd Al Hamami, Kurt von Finck, David Bensimon and Adilson Olveira who fired last-minute comments that helped me put the finishing touches to the Ubuntu Desktop presentation. Cheers to all!
From: www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/archives/2008/08/05/ubuntu-wins-best-desktop-solution-at-linux-world-expo-2008/
Finalists（决赛选手） include:
Best Application Development Tool
• Ingres: Ingres CAFÉ (Consolidated Application Foundation for Eclipse)
• TWiki.net: Twiki OnDemand Enterprise
• Unicon Systems, Inc.: Pagasus Mobile Product Development Kit
Best Business Application
• xTuple: xTuple ERP 3.0
• Drupal: Drupal 6
• Concursive: ConcourseSuite 5.3
Best Clustering or Grid Solution
• IBM: iDataPlex
• Hyperic: CloudStatus
• DataSynapse: Fabric Server 2.6
Best Desktop Solution
• SugarCRM: Sugar Community Edition
• Canonical: Ubuntu Desktop Edition 8.04 LTS
Most Innovative Hardware Solution
• Violin Memory: Violin 1010 with 1 Million IOPS Linux Driver
• Unicon Systems, Inc.: Helios Digital Signage System
• Fusion-io: ioDrive
Best Integration Solution
• Openbravo: Openbravo Network
• ImageStream: Integration with PowerCode
• IPBrick International: IPBrick.GT
Best Messaging Solution
• Barracuda Networks: Barracuda Message Archiver 850
• Kerio technologies, Inc.: Kerio MailServer
• Unison Technologies: UnisonTM
Best Mobility Solution
• Unicon Systems, Inc.: Hermes Mobile Platform
• Openmoko: Openmoko Neo Freerunner
Best Security Solution
• Astaro Internet Security: Astaro Security Gateway 7.2
• Barracuda Networks: Barracuda Web Site Firewall
• Trusted Computer Solutions: Security Blanket Enterprise
Best System Management Tool
• Opengear: SDT for Nagios
• Altinity: Opsview v2.12
• Hyperic: Hyperic HQ
Best Virtualization Solution
• Oracle: Oracle VM 2.1.1
• GoGrid: GoGrid
• Pivot 3: Serverless Computing
