best utility
retied. this is a first. just as they did last year, aspack (from aspack software) and vmware workstation (vmware) tied for first place - and with near identical percentages (each with 24% as compared to last year's 23%). beyond compare in third place is also an exact repetition of last year.
best vcl component
victory express. your pick for best vcl component is expressquantumgrid (developer express) for the fourth year running, with 40% of the votes (down slightly from last year's 43%), while tadvstringgrid (tms software) repeats as runner-up in even more convincing fashion (besting last year's 16% by six percentage points).
best vcl component set
consolidation duo. developer express wins in this category too, with its expressquantumpack, for the third year running, this time with 31% as opposed to the previous years' 28% and 22%, respectively. tms component pack (tms software) firmed up its runner-up status with 26% (up from last year's 20%), while raize components (raize software) repeats its third-place finish.
best web development tool
ditto that. no change in this category either, with last year's winner and runner-up repeating, and by nearly the same percentages. intraweb (atozed software) takes first easily with just 2 percentage points less than last year, while expressweb framework (developer express) takes runner-up by one additional point.
best web host
some change. last year's winner, defined systems, must share first place this year with 1&1 hosting (runner-up last year), each with 27% of the votes.
