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SYS-CON Media (www.sys-con.com), the world's number one i-technology magazine publisher, announced today the winners of its first annual LinuxWorld Magazine (www.linuxworld.com) Readers' Choice Awards.

LinuxWorld Magazine is the leading magazine for enterprise and IT management, and today's announcement of the winners was made on the occasion of the opening day of the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in New York City. The awards recognize the best tools, solutions, and education offerings in 14 categories. Winners were selected through reader-submitted nominations, followed by online voting.

The Readers' Choice Awards program, coordinated annually by SYS-CON Media and often referred to as the "Oscars of the Software Industry," recognizes excellence in the solutions provided by the top Linux vendors in the market.

The list of companies in receipt of today's awards reads like a Who's Who of the most active and enterprising players in Linux-oriented software and hardware development and technical publishing. Award winners include 3R Soft, ActiveState, Apress, Arkeia Corporation, BMC Software, Codeflex, Computer Associates, CrossTec Corporation, Cyrusoft International, Debian, Etnus, The GNOME Foundation, HP, IBM, KDE.org, Komodo, Lone Star Software Corp., Mandrake Software, Mindbridge Software, Mozilla.org, Mutt, MySQL, NeTraverse, Oracle, Red Hat, The SCO Group, SGI, SiteScape, SlickEdit, SUSE Linux AG, Stalker Software, Sybase, VMware, Whizlabs Software, John Wiley & Sons, and Ximian.

"LinuxWorld Magazine applauds all today's 56 winners and finalists on their achievement in winning our Readers' Choice Award," said Kevin Bedell, editor-in-chief of LinuxWorld. "Our dedicated readers aren't just random passers-by, they all live on Linux Main Street and are personally and professionally involved in ushering in a new era of enterprise-level Linux. Their recognition is hard to win, and all the more valuable for being so."

"The purpose of our Readers' Choice Awards program is to raise awareness of and support for Linux within the business community and the public at large," said Fuat Kircaali, founder and CEO of SYS-CON Media. "LinuxWorld Magazine has grown as fast as the Linux industry itself, thanks to the energy and commitment of its editors and supporters -- and as a function of the increasing readiness of Linux for business use."

The full results will appear in the February 2004 issue of LinuxWorld, which will be on newsstands worldwide on Tuesday, February 3, 2004.

Following is a list of companies and products that received awards:

Best Linux Book
Winner
Red Hat Linux 8 Bible

John Wiley & Sons
www.wiley.com

First Runner Up
Official Red Hat Linux User's Guide
John Wiley & Sons
www.wiley.com

Second Runner Up
Tuning and Customizing a Linux System
Apress
www.apress.com

Third Runner Up
Linux in Small Business: A Practical User's Guide
Apress
www.apress.com

Best Linux Database
Winner
Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise
Sybase
www.sybase.com

First Runner Up
Advantage Ingres Enterprise Relational Database
Computer Associates
www.ca.com

Second Runner Up
MySQL Database Server
MySQL
www.mysql.com

Third Runner Up
Oracle9i Database
Oracle
www.oracle.com

Best Linux Desktop Manager
Winner
KDE 3.1
KDE.org
www.kde.org

First Runner Up
GNOME 2.2 Desktop and Platform
The GNOME
 Foundation
http://foundation.gnome.org

Second Runner Up
Unicenter Software Delivery
Computer Associates
www.ca.com

Third Runner Up
Flowe Desktop Personal Edition
Codeflex
www.codeflex.com

Best Linux Developer Tool
Winner
AllFusion Harvest Change Manager
Computer Associates
www.ca.com

First Runner Up
IBM WebSphere Studio Application Developer Integration Edition
IBM
www.ibm.com

Second Runner Up
VMware Workstation
VMware
www.vmware.com

Third Runner Up
Visual Threads
HP
www.hp.com

Best Linux Distribution
Winner
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Red Hat
www.redhat.com

First Runner Up
SUSE Linux
SUSE Linux AG
www.suse.com

Second Runner Up
Debian GNU/Linux
Debian
www.debian
.com

Third Runner Up
Mandrake 9.1 ProSuite
Mandrake Software
www.mandrakelinux.com/en/

Best Linux E-Mail Client
Winner
Mozilla
Mozilla.org
www.mozilla.org

First Runner Up
Ximian Evolution
Ximian
www.ximian.com

Second Runner Up
Mutt
Mutt
www.mutt.org

Third Runner Up
Mulberry v.3.0.3
Cyrusoft International
www.cyrusoft.com

Best Linux E-Mail Server
Winner
SUSE Linux Openexchange
SUSE Linux AG
www.suse.com

First Runner Up
CommuniGate Pro
Stalker Software
www.stalker.com

Second Runner Up
MailStudio Calendar Server v.6.0
3R Soft
www.mailstudio.com

Third Runner Up
SCOoffice Mail Server
The SCO Group
www.caldera.com

Best Linux Enterprise Management Tool
Winner
Red Hat 
Enterprise Network
Red Hat
www.redhat.com

First Runner Up
Unicenter Network and Systems Management
Computer Associates
www.ca.com

Second Runner Up
Server Management for Linux
BMC Software
www.bmc.com

Third Runner Up
NetOp Remote Control
CrossTec Corporation
www.NetOpUSA.com

Best Linux Groupware Server
Winner
IntraSmart
Mindbridge Software
www.mindbridge.com

First Runner Up
SUSE Linux Openexchange
SUSE Linux AG
www.suse.com

Second Runner Up
CommuniGate Pro with Groupware
Stalker Software
www.stalker.com

Third Runner Up
SiteScape Enterprise Forum 7.0
SiteScape
www.sitescape.com

Best Linux Productivity Tool
Winner
Unicenter ServicePlus Service Desk
Computer Associates
www.ca.com

First 
Runner Up
Deployment Manager for Linux
BMC Software
www.bmc.com

Second Runner Up
Visual SlickEdit for Linux
SlickEdit
www.slickedit.com

Third Runner Up
Win4Lin
NeTraverse
www.netraverse.com

Best Linux Programming Environment
Winner
IBM WebSphere Studio Workbench
IBM
www.ibm.com

First Runner Up
Visual Threads
HP
www.hp.com

Second Runner Up
Komodo
ActiveState
www.activestate.com

Third Runner Up
TotalView
Etnus
www.etnus.com

Best Linux Server
Winner
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS
Red Hat
www.redhat.com

First Runner Up
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
SUSE Linux AG
www.suse.com

Second Runner Up
HP ProLiant DL380 G3
HP
www.hp.com

Third Runner Up
SGI Altix 3000

SGI
www.sgi.com/servers/altix/

Best Linux Storage Server Solution
Winner
BrightStor ARCserve Backup for Linux
Computer Associates
www.ca.com

First Runner Up
HP StorageWorks NAS 8000
HP
www.hp.com

Second Runner Up
LONE-TAR
Lone Star Software Corp.
www.cactus.com

Third Runner Up
Arkeia 5.X
Arkeia Corporation
www.arkeia.com

Best Linux Training
Winner
Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
Red Hat
www.redhat.com

First Runner Up
Linux Certification Exam Simulator
Whizlabs Software
www.whizlabs.com

Second Runner Up
Red Hat Linux 8 Bible
John Wiley & Sons
www.wiley.com

Third Runner Up
Mandrake Linux-Campus
Mandrake Software
www.mandrakelinux.com/en/

About LinuxWorld Magazine

LinuxWorld Magazine (www.LinuxWorld.com) is the leading print publication for IT managers and business leaders involved with assessing/making the business case for Linux. LinuxWorld Magazine serves IT decision-makers within the tens of thousand of US companies that are currently seeking to use their existing IT resources ever more efficiently and cost-effectively in order to stay competitive amid the sluggish global economy.

In a world where IT budgets are being slashed, the information and articles published in LinuxWorld Magazine show how IT departments are already achieving their goal of doing more for less by adopting Linux within enterprise environments -- when measured in terms of real costs of ownership (software, hardware and staff training).

About SYS-CON Media

SYS-CON Media, listed in Inc 500 three years in a row as the fastest-growing privately held publishing company in America, is the world's leading magazine publisher exclusively serving i-technology markets. SYS-CON's well-known and respected magazine titles include: Java Developer's Journal (www.javadevelopersjournal.com), .NET Developer's Journal (www.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com), Web Services Journal (www.wsj2.com), Wireless Business & Technology (www.wbt2.com), XML-Journal (www.xml-journal.com), WebSphere Journal (www.webspherejournal.com), BEA WebLogic Developer's Journal (www.weblogicdevelopersjournal.com), ColdFusion Developer's Journal (www.coldfusionjournal.com), PowerBuilder Developer's Journal (www.sys-con.com/pbdj), Linux Business Week (www.linuxbusinessweek.com), LinuxWorld Magazine (www.linuxworld.com), and MX Developer's Journal (www.mxdevelopersjournal.com).

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