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$20,000 in Perl Contest

Posted by Hemos on from the more-money dept.

[rvr] writes "Are you a Perl hacker? Do you want a Apple G5 with a 23" screen, a 17" PowerBook, a Thinkpad or iPods? Six Apart, the company behind of Movable Type and TypePad, is running a contest of plug-ins for Movable Type 3.0. The total amount of prizes is $22,000. The deadline is June 18, 2004."

6 of 44 comments (clear)

  1. DOWN WITH MOVABLE TYPE! by IshanCaspian · · Score: 5, Funny

    DOWN WITH MT! DIRTY FASCISTS! DAMN YOU AND YOUR NO-LONGER-FREE LICENSING SCHEMES! IF I WANTED TO HAVE MY FREEDOM TAKEN AWAY I'D... ...wait a minute...

    20 grand worth of Apple goodies? ...Hmm...

    *becomes suddenly quiet and opens emacs*

    (Lameness filter encountered. Post aborted!)

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  2. darn. by pb · · Score: 3, Funny

    If there had been an Athlon 64 in there somewhere, I might have given it a shot... Stupid Dell.

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  3. Re:It's because.... by Dingeaux · · Score: 5, Funny
    Contests/Games of skill", with a prize, are NOT allowed in Florida.

    So should the Marlins hand back their World Series rings?

  4. My company, too by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    We just announced a contest where we have to design the new software, test it and get it to customers by the end of June. First prize: we get to keep our jobs!

  5. Re:It's because.... by CodeMonkey4Hire · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well, that explains how they handle elections.

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  6. Re:It's because.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Hmm. Too bad this didn't come up in the Supreme Court around November 2000. :)