Awards Highlight Impact of Open Source Software

Savoye has contributed to dozens of projects including GCC, GDB, DejaGnu, Newlib, Libgloss, Cygwin, eCos, Expect, multiple major GNU/Linux distributions, and One Laptop Per Child. He has also led the effort to produce the free software Flash player called Gnash.

'Swiss Army Knife of the 21st Century'

Across the Atlantic, meanwhile, the open source Apache Hadoop project took the top prize at this year's MediaGuardian InnovationInnovation Awards, which were given out in London last Thursday. Alles zu Innovation auf CIO.de

The project's open source software is designed to help companies like FacebookFacebook and TwitterTwitter process vast amounts of data. As such, it was described by the judging panel as a "Swiss army knife of the 21st century," with the potential to "change the face of media innovations." Alles zu Facebook auf CIO.de Alles zu Twitter auf CIO.de

Apache Hadoop's potential to be a catalyst for innovation, in fact, exceeds that of other nominees including WikiLeaks and the iPad, in the judges' opinion.