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Qt/Mac Application Developer Contest

Posted by pudge on from the mmmmm-g5 dept.

whitefael writes "Trolltech is sponsoring a contest in order to increase the number of Qt/Mac applications available and to award the best commercially developed and free Qt-based applications on the Mac. The prize? A screaming Power Mac G5! The top ten will be announced at Apple's World Wide Developer (WWDC) Conference 2004, June 28-July 2. The top two from each category will also receive iPods. Anyone out there interested? You have until May 7, 2004 to enter."

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  1. let's see by ajagci · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "Screaming G5" at, say, $3000, contract programming at, say, $100/h. So, that means you'd have to code something in at most 30h in order to make it worth your while even if you were certain to win. However, given that you will be competing against lots of people who invest irrationally much time, your chances of winning are negligible. Sorry, it's just not worth it.

    1. Re:let's see by piggy · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Except there is more utility at stake than merely the G5 (although, of course, for each entrant, the exact value of the utility will vary wildly). Some may gain pleasure from entering a contest, some may enjoy the possible prestige or resume boost from winning, for others, they might enjoy programming in general and see this as an opportunity to program but also have a chance at some material gain.

      Clearly your utility is equivalent to your economic gain.

    2. Re:let's see by ajagci · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Sorry, but with this logic, there would never be any Linux or GNU software.

      No: Linux and GNU software is open source software for an open source platform. Even when GNU software was originally developed, the fact that it ran on SunOS was viewed as a temporary compromise, with the long term goal of replacing SunOS with something open source.

      The Qt/Mac competition promotes the creation of software for a proprietary toolkit on a proprietary platform and has no intention of replacing either of those proprietary tools with anything free.

      Now getting something as frivolous as Apple G5 is nice, since most rational people realise that they don't really need a G5 and so won't buy it.

      I don't see anything "frivolous" about a G5--its performance is roughly comparable to that of modern desktop PCs. It has a particularly stylish case design, but that's all.