this is from a businesswire release a little while ago, it hasn't been updated to the showsite yet as of this posting, near as I can see:
"IDG World Expo, the leading producer of world-class tradeshows, conferences and events for technology markets around the globe, in conjunction with Sys-Con Media, the world's leading i-technology media company, today announced the winners of the Product Excellence Awards at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo(R), held this week at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center.

"We're so thrilled to have the opportunity to recognize these companies that are making strides in innovating and improving existing products in the open source community," said Melinda Kendall, group vice president, IDG World Expo. "We'd like to congratulate all the winners, as well as our finalists, for making this year's Product Excellence Awards program at LinuxWorld Expo so competitive."

Divided into 12 product categories, including a "Best of Show" award, the LinuxWorld Product Excellence Awards recognize product and service innovations by LinuxWorld exhibitors. The judges were comprised from an independent panel of technical professionals, business professionals and journalists from the Linux and open source industry.

The "Best of Show" award, which recognizes the best total industry solution, was presented to Novell for their OpenSUSE product.

Additional award winners included:

                  Best Application Development Platform

                  Novell - Mono Development Framework

                  Best Clustering Solution

                  Continuent - Continuent p/Cluster

                  Best Desktop Solution

                  SunWah - Linux Rays LX 1.5

                  Best Grid Computing Solution

                  Themis - DCRM

                  Best Database Solution

                  Oracle - Oracle Database 10g Express Edition

                  Best Messaging Solution

                  Scalix - Scalix Appliance

                  Best Open Source Solution

                  Xchange Server 5 - Open

                  Best Security Solution

                  Barracuda Networks - Barracuda Spyware Firewall

                  Best Systems Management Tools

                  rPath Inc. - rBuilder

                  Best Virtualization Solution

                  SWsoft Inc. - Virtuozzo for Linux

                  Most Innovative Hardware

                  AMD - Dual Core AMD Opteron processors Models 885, 285 and 185

                  Best Integration Solution

                  Xandros - Xandros Server
                  

"Xandros is not just a desktop company anymore and winning the award for Best Integration Solution is evidence of that," said Stephen E. Harris, vice president of communications, Xandros. "This award is also a tremendous affirmation of our business strategy, the awards program at LinuxWorld Expo, and a wonderful way to launch our product."

LinuxWorld Conference & Expo runs through April 6th at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. For more information on the event, visit www.linuxworldexpo.com."