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Magento wins ‘Best New Open Source Project’!


Magento has won the best new open-source project at the 2008 SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards!

This is a great honor and we are especially proud of our wonderful community that has helped Magento get recognized for this award. Thank you so much for your efforts and hopefully we’ll win more awards next year.

A few pictures from the event are below:

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  1. R22B

    1R22B |posted July 26 2008

    Congrats… much deserved.

    Now you can focus on helping members with problems they are having =)

  2. Did

    2Did from Paris, France|posted July 26 2008

    Congrats devs, thumbs up

  3. etho201

    3etho201 from Summerville, SC|posted July 26 2008

    Congratulations!!! Very well deserved. Magento is amazing and continues to get better and better with each update!

    Thank you for everything you do.

  4. chinesedream

    4chinesedream |posted July 26 2008

    kiss  I voted for ‘Best New Open Source Project twice!

    Congrats!!! Now post some party celebrations’ photos please, so that we can share the joy

  5. Gui

    5Gui |posted July 26 2008

    Gratz!

  6. Crucial Web Host

    6Crucial Web Host from Phoenix, AZ|posted July 26 2008

    YES!

    Thats Great!  Congrats to Roy, Yoav and the whole team who has worked so hard.

    This is well deserved and I wouldn’t have doubted that Magento would win this one!

    Great job Varien!!!

  7. ptjedi

    7ptjedi from Porto, Portugal|posted July 26 2008

    Parabens! This is how we say ‘Congratulations’ in Portuguese. Very well done and deserved. Keep up the excellent work all of you in Varien.

  8. norbolig

    8norbolig |posted July 26 2008

    Gratulerer - Congratulations. No doubt, well deserved! Thank you for doing such a great job.

  9. Josue4ever

    9Josue4ever from Mexico DF|posted July 26 2008

    Well, I voted for Best New Open Source Project

    But… Was another option?
    Magento has no limits, and is the best project in a long, long time.

    Cheers!

  10. Sprout Collective

    10Sprout Collective from Portland, OR / Orange County, CA|posted July 26 2008

    Congrats!  Did anyone really expect otherwise? smile

  11. JoeCai

    11JoeCai |posted July 27 2008

    Congratulations:)

  12. theazmi

    12theazmi |posted July 27 2008

    Mabrook, thats the way to greet in Arabic grin . Magento really has lot of possibilities, i did try to vote on sourceforge awards but there was some issue with the login page where it would land me back to the same page although i was entering the right credentials confused

  13. Casper

    13Casper |posted July 27 2008

    Gefeliciteerd or Congratulations! Well done folks! It really is the best new Open Source projects since years! Keep it running!

  14. AntiS3

    14AntiS3 |posted July 27 2008

    Congratz t for this very much deserved award. Doubtlessly there will be more to come by keeping the god work guys. Cheers for Magento!  grin

  15. Ross

    15Ross from Scarborough, North Yorkshire, UK|posted July 28 2008

    What a great achievement! Well done to the Magento team and community. Now nobody can ignore Magento.

  16. [m] zentrale

    16[m] zentrale from Stuttgart, Germany|posted July 28 2008

    Congratulations! So the next steps are clear to become “Best Open Source Project´” for the next voting wink Thumbs Up and cheers! Alex

  17. Purna

    17Purna |posted July 29 2008

    Congratulations !!! This is deserved for Magento ....

  18. BrightEyesDavid

    18BrightEyesDavid from Cologne, Germany|posted July 29 2008

    Congratulations on this achievement. I’ve yet to try out Magento, but am very much looking forward to doing so.

  19. teddmcload

    19teddmcload |posted July 29 2008

    i voted Magento.

    Congratulations Magento Team. keep going smile

  20. Anuruddha

    20Anuruddha |posted July 29 2008

    My congrats to whole Magento. team..... u r da best........... Im bit proud here too..  smile coz I voted for Magento… he he wink keep up da good work guys...... smile

  21. dracnet

    21dracnet from Barcelona (Spain)|posted July 29 2008

    another congratulations post…
    keep going… theres always a light at the end of the tunnel, just pray its not a train.

  22. ldat

    22ldat |posted July 29 2008

    Stupendous surprised

  23. sherrie

    23sherrie from Illinois, USA|posted July 29 2008

    Congratulations!!!

  24. swindle

    24swindle |posted July 30 2008

    Amazing product. TY TY TY!

  25. BerArt

    25BerArt from The Netherlands - Breda|posted July 30 2008

    Way to go! very nice so congrads! smile

  26. ayaan

    26ayaan |posted August 5 2008

    Congrats…very much deserved!!!

  27. rosaltof

    27rosaltof |posted August 6 2008

    Well done… grin Defo deserved!

  28. Lesiu

    28Lesiu from Poland|posted April 20 2009

    Congratulations, I hope you will still be developing free version even though enterprise version has been announced.

  29. logudotcom

    29logudotcom |posted May 11 2009

    congratulations to the team for the great product

  30. engelmajster

    30engelmajster |posted July 17 2009

    Congratulations. You deserved it!

  31. cnngraphics

    31cnngraphics |posted July 26 2009

    Well deserved.. Even if I still have that problem with admin panel that keeps logging me out…

  32. a2ztester

    32a2ztester |posted August 26 2009

    Hey Simply superb!!!… Keep going wink

  33. Martinlee

    33Martinlee |posted October 6 2009

    congratulations to the team for the great product

  34. ofilmizle

    34ofilmizle |posted October 17 2009

    ty for all

  35. Samuel Jaxon

    35Samuel Jaxon |posted October 19 2009

    I think Magento wins ‘Best New Open Source Project’ is a great thing. Magento deserved this award!

  36. Akan101

    36Akan101 |posted October 21 2009

    Congratulation to the team of Magento. Magento is a feature-rich, professional open-source eCommerce solution that offers merchants complete flexibility and control over the look, content, and functionality of their online store. Magento’s intuitive administration interface contains powerful marketing, search engine optimization and catalog-management tools to give merchants the power to create sites that are tailored to their unique business needs. Designed to be completely scalable and backed by an extensive support network, Magento offers companies the ultimate eCommerce solution.

  37. Apex Professionals LLC

    37Apex Professionals LLC |posted October 31 2009

    Wow it is great congratulation and keep it up

  38. Emad11

    38Emad11 |posted November 1 2009

    Hmm it is really nice project. You guys are really doing great job. I m very impressed with your working style. This project will be so successful project. My prayers is with you guys.

  39. web design uk

    39web design uk |posted November 3 2009

    This win is not a big surprise. This is a great software and makes other systems look ancient.

  40. Cheap Directory Submissions

    40Cheap Directory Submissions |posted November 4 2009

    Nice post here!

    Magento Commerce wins!

    Congrats guys, keep up the good work!

  41. Bronson101

    41Bronson101 |posted November 4 2009

    Congratulations! You deserve this honor.
    All the best for your even more successful future.

  42. walterber101

    42walterber101 |posted November 4 2009

    Congratulations to everyone involved! It was highly deserved.

  43. web directory

    43web directory |posted November 5 2009

    Magento is a great open source ecommerce solution an deserves the honor.

  44. Watch Glee Online

    44Watch Glee Online |posted November 5 2009

    This is really great to hear, I have been watching Magento growth for a while and think its well deserved.

  45. yournetbiz

    45yournetbiz |posted November 5 2009

    all i can say is… Well Done.

    Keep it up

  46. Article Directory

    46Article Directory |posted November 5 2009

    Magento is an open-source ecommerce web application launched on March 31, 2008. It was created by Varien, building on components of the Zend Framework.

    Magento is available under the Open Software License version 3.0. Since version 1.1.7 some parts are licensed under the Academic Free License version 3.0.

    Magento Enterprise Edition, a paid for version of Magento aimed at larger companies, was launched on April 15, 2009

  47. Tim @ C3 Media

    47Tim @ C3 Media from Bristol, UK|posted November 8 2009

    spam

  48. john2000

    48john2000 |posted November 9 2009

    spam

  49. dead sea products

    49dead sea products |posted November 11 2009

    First i congratulations to you won the ‘Best New Open Source Project’! award.

    Its really Magento deserve for it. i wish you more you win future......

    Thanks and Regards

    dead sea cosmetics

  50. dead sea products

    50dead sea products |posted November 11 2009

    spam


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