Penguin playoffs should properly be held in Antarctica with real penguins, but we figure there isn't much box office in that, especially since these well-dressed birds are milled so precisely to form that telling winners from losers is impossible unless some are dead, in which case the whole deal isn't much fun.
So we hold our Penguin Playoffs in Las Vegas, where the climate hasn't been hospitable to coldwater birds since the mid-pleistocene, which hardly matters since only penguins in the shape of Linux products are eligible to participate.
And actually, they're already done held the competitive part of the playoffs, since this year's winners have already been selected. The playoff event will be an award ceremonyand dinner during Linux Business Expo, which coincides with Comdex in Las Vegas in November.
To recap last year's inaugural playoff, Linus Himself was there to hand out the awards, which coincided with Linux Journal's Editor's Choice awards (seemed like a good idea to honor two birds with one event). The winners were:
This year we've doubled the number of categories, more or less keeping pace with the increasing diversity of Linux solutions now competing in the penguine businessphere. Here they are:
Why change categories in addition to doubling them? Well, markets are conversations, and these new categories seemed to better label the leading topical categories we're talking about today. No doubt they'll be more numerous next year and equally unlike this years categories.
The awards event will be held at X:X0 PM on Xday the XXth, at _______. Again we will be giving out our editor's choice awards during the same event. There will be a Linux Journal party after the ceremony. Stop by the Linux Journal booth to find out when and where that will be.
We look forward to seeing you there.
— Doc Searls