The winners were not supposed to be announced until May 1st. Yet, you can not keep the publisher and the USPS from their missions…

We are very proud to announce that our customers and the readers of the Linux Journal have selected Contegix as the top linux-friendly web hosting company, ahead of some of the biggest names in hosting. The June 2009 issue of the Linux Journal features the results of the Annual Reader’s Choice awards, where the Linux community votes on top products, tools, and services in the market. Contegix had a higher percentage of votes than any other hosting company included in the survey. We are proud to share the “favorite” distinction with many other excellent Linux products, such as Ubuntu – the “favorite primary Linux distribution”, Apache – the “favorite web server,” and Python – the “favorite programming language.”

From the article:

Talk about a meteoric rise, Contegix went from one write-in vote in 2008 to champion of the Favorite Linux-Friendly Web Hosting Company category in 2009. Otherwise, four well-known names have remained among your perrenial favorites for years, namely Rackspace, GoDaddy.com, DreamHost and 1&1. Of the four, only Rackspace broke the 10% barrier this year for Honorable Mention, while the other three were just shy of the mark. GoDaddy.com was category winner last year, and DreamHost and 1&1 were the two Honorable Mentions.

Everyone here at Contegix would like to thank our customers, our partners, and the members of the Linux community who voted for us. This award would not have been possible without your support. You trust us everyday to manage your infrastructures. We are grateful for that privilege and the award you bestowed upon us. You are the reason we do what we do.
Finally, we would like to thank the Linux community in general for continuing to develop the technologies that we know and love and that make us passionate about being the best Linux hosting company we can be.

(Picture of Phil Jacobs from StyleFeeder who sent us our first congrats tonight.)