On May 1, 2003 Weasel Reader was nominated for the "Troph�es du Libre" in the category of "Grand Public" (or "General Public"). On May 24, 2003 Weasel Reader won first place in its category.
The awards ceremony was held in Soissons, France. It was a great honor to attend and I had a wonderful time. Unfortunately, due to some extreme bumbling on the part of American Airlines, I was without luggage for four days and since my camera was in my luggage I was unable to take any pictures of the ceremony.
SIL-CETRIL, the company who hosted the awards, was nice enough to give me an open return date on my flight home. I opted to stay an additional three weeks and do something of a whirlwind tour of Europe. With limited time, I couldn't go everywhere, but I did see Soissons, Paris, Barcelona, Milan, London, Edinburgh, Dublin, and Sixmilebridge (a small town in Ireland near Limerick). I kept a detailed travel log on my Palm which you can read. The first few entries may be of interest as they describe the awards ceremony and the people I met there.
While on my trip I also took a whole mess of pictures. The cheap camera I used was a bit of a mistake, but they turned out fairly well. You can view them in my gallery.
In early 2003, Andrea Capiluppi wrote a paper describing the evolution of a selection of open source projects. Weasel Reader was one of the projects picked for study.
Andrea Capiluppi's website may be found here.