NOMINATION FORM

Please complete and mail to challenge@linuxworld.com by
October 10, 2006
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= Nomination Information =

Person submitting this nomination

= Company =

Legal name of nominated organization, if different

Technical contact in case of technical followup

Headquarters location

Company URL

This organization serves which primary industry/market?

Approximate number of employees in IT department?

Approximate number of employees at the nominated company?

Approximately, what was your company's 2005 gross revenue?

= Project Details =

Please describe the business problem the open source
project solved.

In what month/year did the project launch?

Is the project ongoing?

If the project is not ongoing, in what month/year
did the project wrap up?

How does this project show exemplary use of open
source technology?

Which open source technologies and components did
the project use?

Describe how the open source technologies and products
used in this project solved the business problem.

What business benefits did this open source project
provide?

How much did the open source project cost, in total?

What is the expected return on the investment over
the next year?

Over three years?

If you did not justify the open source project based
on ROI, what criteria was used?

What else can you tell us about how the open source
project contributed to the business’ bottom line?