"We realize the success of open source is bigger than any one repository can contain, even ours," says Ross Turk, SourceForge.net Community Manager. "Open source has become a force to be reckoned with, and we want to recognize the communities that have been responsible for changing that software landscape in such a fundamentally cool way."

The categories for the 2008 Community Choice Awards are:

--  Best Project
--  Best Project for the Enterprise
--  Best Project for Educators
--  Most Likely to Be the Next $1B Acquisition
--  Best Project for Multimedia
--  Best Project for Gamers
--  Most Likely to Change the World
--  Best New Project
--  Most Likely to Be Ambiguously Accused of Patent Violation
--  Most Likely to Get Users Sued
--  Best Tool or Utility for SysAdmins
--  Best Tool or Utility for Developers

The nominations will close June 20, 2008, and voting on the finalists will begin shortly after. The awards party, hosted by SourceForge, is on July 24, 2008, at 6 pm Pacific Time at the Jupiter Hotel in downtown Portland, OR. The party is open to all, but registration is required. For more information on the nomination process, or to participate directly, please visit: http://sourceforge.net/community/cca08/.

About SourceForge, Inc.

SourceForge's media and e-commerce web sites connect millions of influential technology professionals and enthusiasts each day. Combining user-developed content, online marketplaces and e-commerce, SourceForge is the global technology community's nexus for information exchange, goods for geeks, and open source software distribution and services. SourceForge's network of web sites serves 32 million unique visitors each month* and includes: SourceForge.net, Slashdot.org, ThinkGeek.com, Linux.com, freshmeat.net, ITManagersJournal and NewsForge.com. For more information or to view the media kit online, visit www.sourceforge.com. (*Source: Google Analytics and Omniture, April 2008.)

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