A few comments. The Database poll was once again the closest race (decided by a single vote last year) while the web server poll remained the most lopsided. It's clear in most polls that there is not a single app that dominates, which I think is a major strength opensource offers. Thanks again to everyone that voted. . . .
The polls are closed, the dust has settled and the results have been tabulated.

...and the winners are:

Browser of the Year - Mozilla Firebird (38.31%)
Distribution of the Year - Slackware (26.34%)
Database of the Year - MySQL (36.45%)
Desktop Environment of the Year - KDE (55.93%)
Office Suite of the Year - OpenOffice.org (79.51)
Word Processor of the Year - swriter (OpenOffice.org) (66.86%)
Spreadsheet of the Year - scalc (OpenOffice.org) (54.30)
Window Manager of the Year - Fluxbox (28.42%)
Multimedia Application of the Year - mplayer (44.61%)
Cryptography App of the Year - OpenSSH (58.71%)
Web Development Editor of the Year - Quanta (49.26%)
Mail Client of the Year - Evolution (28.05%)
Editor of the Year - vi/vim (38.30%)
Hardening App of the Year - Bastille (60.49%)
Open Source Game of the Year - Frozen Bubble (40.73%)
Commercial Game of the Year - Unreal Tournament 2003 (36.75%)
Windows on Linux App of the Year - Wine (36.42%)
Security App of the Year - nmap (56.45%)
FTP Server of the Year - ProFTPD (45.74%)
Web Server of the Year - Apache (93.56%)
MTA of the Year - PostFix (45.52%)

Congratulations to all of the winners.

A few comments. The Database poll was once again the closest race (decided by a single vote last year) while the web server poll remained the most lopsided. It's clear in most polls that there is not a single app that dominates, which I think is a major strength opensource offers. Thanks again to everyone that voted.

The full results can be seen here:

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