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I received this announcement about a contest that IBM is sponsoring to promote porting of Linux applications to the PPC64 platform. The deadline for registering is October 31. -----Forwarded Message----- From: Robert MacFarlan <Robert_MacFarlan at us.ibm.com> To: jabr at blu.org Subject: Open Source Developer Contest - Sponsored by IBM Date: 27 Oct 2004 14:34:51 -0700 Hi, I am attempting to let some of the larger US-based Linux User Groups know about a contest we are sponsoring. I am afraid our communications didn't get the word out very well. It awards the development of new applications and the porting of existing applications to LinuxPPC64. Prizes include a Toyota Prius for the most innovative new application, and there are a large number of Apple Power Mac G5s and cash awards available for the first contestants to port an application from a predetermined list. Take a look at : http://www.linuxonpower.com for more information. The only gotcha's are that due to time constraints for rolling out the contest we were only able to make it available to US contestants at this time. Also the cutoff for registering for the contest (contest actually runs through most of the rest of the year) is Oct. 31st, so time is short. Also, if any of your members are interested in working on a LinuxPPC64 machine (contest or not), the University of Portland is hosting a couple of servers that are available to any Open Source developer interested in developing or porting to LinuxPPC. They can be found at : http://www.egr.up.edu:8080 . Once a user is registered they will receive a ssh shell account on the development system w/in a couple of days. Registration includes providing a Name, valid email address, and a location. Please let me know if you have any questions. Cheers, Robert MacFarlan Strategist ISV Global Solutions Enablement IBM -- John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix Email jabr at blu.org / WWW http://www.abreau.net / PGP-Key-ID 0xD5C7B5D9 PGP-Key-Fingerprint 72 FB 39 4F 3C 3B D6 5B E0 C8 5A 6E F1 2C BE 99
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