The 2006 Google-O'Reilly Open Source Awards were hosted tonight by Chris
DiBona and Nat Torkington at the O'Reilly Open Source Conference in Portland, Oregon.
Attendees at the convention center celebrated as five fellow open source members were
recognised at the second annual awards ceremony.
The winners are
individuals who have worked tirelessly on their projects and in their community roles to make
significant contributions to open source. We're pleased to announce that the winners are
....
Cliff Schmidt - Best Legal Eagle - Apache Gervase
Markham - Best Community Activist - FireFox Julian Seward - Best Toolmaker -
Valgrind Peter Lundblad - Best All-Round Developer - Subversion Stefan
Taxhet - Best Corporate Liaison - OpenOffice.org
Please join us in
congratulating the winners for 2006.