BrightQ™, developed by Codehost Inc., has been selected as one of the finalists for the Open Source Awards in the category of Best Desktop Productivity Solution at LinuxWorld 2002 in San Francisco. BrightQ™ provides the Unix and Linux environments with a unified printing interface and gives users of multi-function devices and printers full access to all finishing features.

“We are excited to show the community just how thorough and simple to use this solution is,” said Bardia Mohseni, Codehost’s Printing Systems Sales Manager. “This product will make life much easier for admins and end-users within companies migrating to Linux or looking to maintain their Unix environments.”

Over 60 products were nominated for this award and three were chosen as finalists. The other finalists include Sun Microsystems StarOffice and Crossover Office from CodeWeavers. The winner will be announced at LinuxWorld on Wednesday August 14th at the Moscone Center.

LinuxWorld runs from August 13-15. Codehost is located in booth #1081. Exhibiting alongside Codehost will be partners including, Canon U.S.A, Canon Business Solutions, Hitachi Data Systems and Samsung Electronics.