From: storner@image.dk
Subject: Linux wins PC World Denmark award for "Innovation of the Year - Software"
To: lwn@lwn.net, linux-announce@sws1.ctd.ornl.gov, linux@ssc.com
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 22:58:26 +0100 (CET)

Linux wins PC World Denmark award for "Innovation of the Year - Software"
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Copenhagen, 1998-11-12


On behalf of the entire Linux community, the Skåne Sjælland Linux User
Group (SSLUG) today received the PC World Denmark 'Product of the
Year' award in the category "Innovation of the Year - Software". The
award was accepted by Peter Toft and Henrik Størner from SSLUG.

The "Innovation of the Year" award is given to products or
technologies which have shown significant innovativeness and impact
through out the year. PC World editors motivated their choice thus:

"Linux. The 'Ugly Duckling' that turned into a beautiful swan and
became - to put it briefly - the most widely used operating system for
Internet servers world wide, despite the marketing muscle of the larger
companies. NT has a tremendous hold on the market, but Linux is
gaining new followers every day, and continues to find new uses
wherever a stable, economical and versatile operating system is
needed."

At the ceremony today, chief editor Martin Jørgensen added "Linux has
been around for many years, but 1998 was the year where Linux really
caught the attention of the general public. Therefore our choice was
Linux".

The other two nominees in the "Innovation of the Year - Software"
category were
* Microsoft Windows 98
* Mirabilis ICQ


Peter Toft, CPO of SSLUG: "The award signifies the popularity of Linux
in Denmark and Sweden. Over the past six months we have seen a
groundswell of interest in Linux, with the SSLUG membership being
quintupled in just a few months. The recent support for Linux by
companies such as IBM and Corel, as well as the PC World award today,
show that Linux has moved into center stage and we look forward to
the new challenges that this will bring."


About SSLUG: Skåne Sjælland Linux User Group (SSLUG) is one of the
worlds largest Linux User groups with well over 1100 members. SSLUG is
one of the many local Linux user groups, who all help newcomers and
experienced Linux uses install, configure and make use of the Linux
operating system.

SSLUG can be found on the Internet at http://www.sslug.dk/


For more information, contact

Peter Toft <pto@sslug.dk>

or

Henrik Størner <storner@sslug.dk>


Peter Toft is CPO of SSLUG.

Henrik Størner is one of the thousands of programmers world wide, who
have actively contributed to the development of the Linux operating
system.


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