Andy Stewart, KB1OIQ, Westford, Massachusetts, recently received an award from the SourceForge website for his work on the “Andy’s Ham Radio Linux” software collection. Andy has created and maintained the collection for the past ten years. In that time, it has been downloaded 100,000 times.
SourceForge recognized the project for:
* Community Leader
* Community Choice
* Open Source Excellence
* SourceForge Favorite
PART of Westford President George Allison, K1IG, wrote, “Congratulations on the award from SourceForge! I know that your software collection has significantly influenced the adoption and use of Linux by ham radio operators worldwide.”
“This was quite unexpected,” said KB1OIQ. “I am very pleased that the project has been so well accepted by our ham radio community. Both the Linux and ham radio communities have a tradition of helping others, and I have benefited greatly from their combined patience and tutelage. This is my way of saying ‘thank you’ to those communities.”