Usually I don’t cover awards received by vendors. But this is too interesting to pass up. Syspro, the manufacturing and accounting software publisher, has been voted the world’s favorite software company. This was based on a worldwide vote in which more than 35,000 individuals cast their ballots in the first People's Choice Stevie Awards for Favorite Companies. The 8th Annual International Business Awards are being presented on October 11 at the Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. I don’t want to rain on anyone’s parade, but given the installed base numbers of companies like Sage and Microsoft, the population voting seems a tad small to make this declaration. Oh well, congratulations.