Coding Competition!
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Now here's a serious competition! We're sponsoring a competition that will judge the best Windows Vista application and award the winner $50,000 USD (not a typo!) And...you keep whatever you create. That's right. You created it. You keep it. Main Page[^] Steps[^] Prizes[^] Tom Archer (blog) Program Manager MSDN Online (Windows Vista and Visual C++) MICROSOFT
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# Present your creation via Live Meeting. On or around October 18, 2006, finalists will show the judges how their finished apps work in a live web cast. You'll have a month to get ready for the meeting, and rehearse what you'll say. And remember, you won't ever submit your actual app to Microsoft, so your coding secrets will stay just that—secret.
So what's stopping somebody creating a really clever mockup slideshow of an app for the demo, rather than a real application? -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit! Buzzwords!
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# Present your creation via Live Meeting. On or around October 18, 2006, finalists will show the judges how their finished apps work in a live web cast. You'll have a month to get ready for the meeting, and rehearse what you'll say. And remember, you won't ever submit your actual app to Microsoft, so your coding secrets will stay just that—secret.
So what's stopping somebody creating a really clever mockup slideshow of an app for the demo, rather than a real application? -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit! Buzzwords!
benjymous wrote:
So what's stopping somebody creating a really clever mockup slideshow of an app for the demo, rather than a real application?
That's a great point. I have seen companies clinch 100 grand worth of software deals by showing mock up apps which the customers thought to be real.
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Now here's a serious competition! We're sponsoring a competition that will judge the best Windows Vista application and award the winner $50,000 USD (not a typo!) And...you keep whatever you create. That's right. You created it. You keep it. Main Page[^] Steps[^] Prizes[^] Tom Archer (blog) Program Manager MSDN Online (Windows Vista and Visual C++) MICROSOFT
We're looking for Code Masters - people to create ruthlessly inventive, brutally brilliant apps. :rolleyes: From the inspiration page: Stock ticker . Hmmm, how ruthless and brutal can a stock ticker app be? Music sharing . Seriously? Isn't that, like, illegal, or at least easily abused into illegal activities? Well, anyways, should be interesting to see the results. Maybe I'll port MyXaml! ;P Marc Pensieve Functional Entanglement vs. Code Entanglement Static Classes Make For Rigid Architectures Some people believe what the bible says. Literally. At least [with Wikipedia] you have the chance to correct the wiki -- Jörgen Sigvardsson
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benjymous wrote:
So what's stopping somebody creating a really clever mockup slideshow of an app for the demo, rather than a real application?
That's a great point. I have seen companies clinch 100 grand worth of software deals by showing mock up apps which the customers thought to be real.
Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:
That's a great point. I have seen companies clinch 100 grand worth of software deals by showing mock up apps which the customers thought to be real.
Which is why folks jaws hit the ground when we do live demos, and they get the same application. We don't rig our demos. _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Now here's a serious competition! We're sponsoring a competition that will judge the best Windows Vista application and award the winner $50,000 USD (not a typo!) And...you keep whatever you create. That's right. You created it. You keep it. Main Page[^] Steps[^] Prizes[^] Tom Archer (blog) Program Manager MSDN Online (Windows Vista and Visual C++) MICROSOFT
Why? Vista won't be released for a year or so... :) ------- sig starts "I've heard some drivers saying, 'We're going too fast here...'. If you're not here to race, go the hell home - don't come here and grumble about going too fast. Why don't you tie a kerosene rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
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Well technically it will release in 2006. The announcement earlier today was for consumer versions only. Businesses and developers won't be impacted by that. Tom Archer (blog) Program Manager MSDN Online (Windows Vista and Visual C++) MICROSOFT -- modified at 1:01 Wednesday 22nd March, 2006
It's kinda funny that they're releasing it for businesses when it's the security stuff they need to tweak... ------- sig starts "I've heard some drivers saying, 'We're going too fast here...'. If you're not here to race, go the hell home - don't come here and grumble about going too fast. Why don't you tie a kerosene rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
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Now here's a serious competition! We're sponsoring a competition that will judge the best Windows Vista application and award the winner $50,000 USD (not a typo!) And...you keep whatever you create. That's right. You created it. You keep it. Main Page[^] Steps[^] Prizes[^] Tom Archer (blog) Program Manager MSDN Online (Windows Vista and Visual C++) MICROSOFT
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How can I get the Vista OS Is it free or need to purchase Please let me know "Aim to go where U have never been B4 and Strive to achieve it" http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/dotnetforfreshres http://himabinduvejella.blogspot.com -- modified at 3:38 Wednesday 22nd March, 2006
HimaBindu Vejella wrote:
How can I get the Vista OS Is it free or need to purchase
:omg: Dude, have you ever heard of a free OS from Microsoft? Regards, Nish
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Hmm, lets think, I'm making 10,000 US a month, so if I just spend 5 months doing what I am doing anyway, I am gauranteed to get 50,000 US. Perhaps I'll just stick with the drivers... Nunc est bibendum
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Now here's a serious competition! We're sponsoring a competition that will judge the best Windows Vista application and award the winner $50,000 USD (not a typo!) And...you keep whatever you create. That's right. You created it. You keep it. Main Page[^] Steps[^] Prizes[^] Tom Archer (blog) Program Manager MSDN Online (Windows Vista and Visual C++) MICROSOFT
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It's kinda funny that they're releasing it for businesses when it's the security stuff they need to tweak... ------- sig starts "I've heard some drivers saying, 'We're going too fast here...'. If you're not here to race, go the hell home - don't come here and grumble about going too fast. Why don't you tie a kerosene rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
Not really, but then again I know some of the issues and why that I can't state. Safe to say that what's being released has a specific purpose for that target audience and is secure. Tom Archer (blog) Program Manager MSDN Online (Windows Vista and Visual C++) MICROSOFT
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Is that you on the pics, Tom?
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Tree in C# || Fold With Us! || sighistLOL. No, I don't have anything to do with this other than letting my CP bro's know of the competition in case you want to enter. Tom Archer (blog) Program Manager MSDN Online (Windows Vista and Visual C++) MICROSOFT
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How can I get the Vista OS Is it free or need to purchase Please let me know "Aim to go where U have never been B4 and Strive to achieve it" http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/dotnetforfreshres http://himabinduvejella.blogspot.com -- modified at 3:38 Wednesday 22nd March, 2006
The entire reason that we give away dev products such as the Express line is to sell the O/S. So no, the O/S is not free :) Tom Archer (blog) Program Manager MSDN Online (Windows Vista and Visual C++) MICROSOFT
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Why? Vista won't be released for a year or so... :) ------- sig starts "I've heard some drivers saying, 'We're going too fast here...'. If you're not here to race, go the hell home - don't come here and grumble about going too fast. Why don't you tie a kerosene rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
Actually, there are at least 8 commerical applications that will ship when Vista RTMs in November. Tom Archer (blog) Program Manager MSDN Online (Windows Vista and Visual C++) MICROSOFT
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fat_boy wrote:
Hmm, lets think, I'm making 10,000 US a month, so if I just spend 5 months doing what I am doing anyway, I am gauranteed to get 50,000 US.
Does writing drivers pay that extremely well, or're you living in a very expensive area?
Well, writing drivers is very complex compared to apps, and, there arent many in europe who can do it, but, as a contractor, 8000 euros a month is average, even for application coders. Add in the 1.25 to 1 exchange rate and you get 10000 US. Nunc est bibendum
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I know very little karate... :rolleyes: Besides, it's hard to resist the urge to comment. I just don't want her to break her toes. It hurts really bad!
I broke my toe once. My little toe (yeah the smallest one). I was running to asnwer the phone and caught it on some furniture. I went down so fast. I forgot all about the phone and could only focus on pain. Lots of pain. I am a witness to the fact broke toes hurt. You'll wish you were dead... well maybe not but you'll wish for something to take away the pain.
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Now here's a serious competition! We're sponsoring a competition that will judge the best Windows Vista application and award the winner $50,000 USD (not a typo!) And...you keep whatever you create. That's right. You created it. You keep it. Main Page[^] Steps[^] Prizes[^] Tom Archer (blog) Program Manager MSDN Online (Windows Vista and Visual C++) MICROSOFT
Actually, shouldn't that be "MSDN Coding Competition" as you have to have a MSDN Subscription to get Vista? Rocky <>< Latest Post: SQL2005 Server Managemnet Studio timeouts! Blog: www.RockyMoore.com/TheCoder/[^]
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Actually, shouldn't that be "MSDN Coding Competition" as you have to have a MSDN Subscription to get Vista? Rocky <>< Latest Post: SQL2005 Server Managemnet Studio timeouts! Blog: www.RockyMoore.com/TheCoder/[^]
Actually there are thousands of people on the beta and TAP programs that get Vista. I can't say anything else other than if you're interested in Vista and the competition, you'll want to register :cool: Tom Archer (blog) Program Manager MSDN Online (Windows Vista and Visual C++) MICROSOFT
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Well, writing drivers is very complex compared to apps, and, there arent many in europe who can do it, but, as a contractor, 8000 euros a month is average, even for application coders. Add in the 1.25 to 1 exchange rate and you get 10000 US. Nunc est bibendum
So you should be demanding more than us mere application programmers eh? ;) regards, Paul Watson Ireland Feed Henry! K(arl) wrote: oh, and BTW, CHRISTIAN ISN'T A PARADOX, HE IS A TASMANIAN!
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So you should be demanding more than us mere application programmers eh? ;) regards, Paul Watson Ireland Feed Henry! K(arl) wrote: oh, and BTW, CHRISTIAN ISN'T A PARADOX, HE IS A TASMANIAN!
adapted from toxcct:
while (!enough)
sprintf 0 || 1
do-- modified at 7:22 Friday 24th March, 2006
