From: Franklin on
Craig wrote:

> On 09/22/2009 09:19 AM, Franklin wrote:
>> Craig wrote:
>>
>>> On 09/22/2009 04:57 AM, Yrrah wrote:
>>>> Ron May<mayron(a)hotmail.com>:
>>>>> Franklin wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Seems to me that the deadline for nominations may be too soon.
>>>>>> Perhaps it should be extended?
>>>>>
>>>>> By the current deadline of this coming Sunday Noon US CDT,
>>>>> nominations will have been open for 21 days. That's three full
>>>>> weeks and there's still more than five full days left as this is
>>>>> being written.
>>>>
>>>> Three weeks is enough imho. But perhaps the period could be
>>>> extended for seconding nominations only (a few days).
>>>
>>> If we knew /why/ Franklin thinks it's too short a time it might be
>>> helpful. Let's see if others are thinking similarly or if there's
>>> some concrete reason behind Franklin's comments. We have time.
>>
>> Three weeks should be enough but at this stage of the nominations it
>> seems a larger proportion of apps than usual will be dropped from the
>> current list. Of course you can't tell until the deadline passes so
>> it's only be an impression.
>>
>> That's why I wrote the deadline for nominations may be too soon.
>
> OK, thx. When you say "dropped from the current list," do you mean
> for lack of a second?

I meant this year a larger than usual proportion of apps may not appear
in the final list. I don't know if anyone tracks the actual proportion
of apps which usually get churned off the list. Without comparative
data, it's only a guess.

Others may have a different impression?
From: Bjorn S. on

(1) PROGRAM NAME: �Torrent

(2) LINK: (Home Page or download if different)
<http://www.utorrent.com/>

(3) DESCRIPTION:
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From: Bjorn S. on

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(2) LINK: (Home Page or download if different)
http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php

(3) DESCRIPTION:
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From: Bjorn S. on
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(2) LINK: (Home Page or download if different)
http://www.cpuid.com/pcwizard.php

(3) DESCRIPTION:
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From: s|b on
On Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:29:26 +0200, Bjorn S. wrote:

> (1) PROGRAM NAME: TrueCrypt

Seconded.

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