Drobe Awards 2008: The results

As the last few hours of 2008 slip away forever, it's time to recognise those who gave the most to the RISC OS platform over the past 12 months.

Best commercial product Winner: ArtWorks Runner-up: EasiWriter/TechWriter Best non-commercial software Winner: NetSurf Runner-up: RPCEmu Best innovative or interesting project Winner: RISC OS Open Runner-up: GCCSDK 4 Best show Winner: Wakefield 2008 Runner-up: The South East show

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Wooyay. Thanks to everybody who voted for NetSurf. We shouldn't forget the huge contributions done by the GCCSDK team, without which NetSurf would not be possible. rjek on 31/12/08 5:47PM [ Reply | Permalink | Report ]

Condolences to the excellent and innovative work done by Christopher Martin on Murmong and FFMpeg. AW on 31/12/08 7:52PM [ Reply | Permalink | Report ]

Yes, the pity with this type of poll (interesting as it is) is that lots of splendid applications and developments go unrecognised. My icon bar bristles with apps such as Thump, Firefox, Photodesk, Variations, Ovation Pro and PDF without which RISC OS use would be unthinkably hard. I'm sure many others have their own indispensables, including no doubt Select and VARPC. So here's to the unsung band of developers, without which our platform would be in much worse shape than it is: happy 2009! bucksboy on 1/1/09 10:51AM [ Reply | Permalink | Report ]

Glad to see Wakefield won, it's the only show with the opportunity for two nights of serious drinking. If other organisers want a tip for success, make sure the bar, bed and show are all within easy staggering distance. druck on 1/1/09 5:40PM [ Reply | Permalink | Report ]

I agree with druck - WROCC had a fine venue last year. Mind you I have it on good authority that RISC OS SW also has similar benefits... Here's to 2009! epistaxsis on 1/1/09 5:59PM [ Reply | Permalink | Report ]

Thank you all very much for the votes for RISC OS Open. I'm looking forward to some exciting developments in 2009. riscosopen on 1/1/09 9:52PM [ Reply | Permalink | Report ]

Thanks! Hi, perhaps in 2009 we can get a longer list and instead of voting just for one product we could enter up to 10 points per category (e.g. 5 for the best, 3 and 2 to the runners-up) and the resulting list could then show more detail. This would probably not change as for the two top most products but other good ones would be there too. hzn on 2/1/09 9:21AM [ Reply | Permalink | Report ]

I'm surprised that VRPC for Mac didn't win best commercial product. Perhaps there aren't enough of us using it. Not that I can have any complaint about Artworks and Techwriter - two programs I use a lot. cables on 2/1/09 5:11PM [ Reply | Permalink | Report ]

I would have liked to have the opportunity to vote for StrongED as best non-commercial product this year. Fred Graute's development effort and almost instant response to problem reports has been truly outstanding. JohnR on 2/1/09 11:03PM [ Reply | Permalink | Report ]

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