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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."

2 of 44 comments (clear)

  1. Contest rules? by BRTB · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Residents of Florida not eligible.

    1. Damn. I needed a couple 20" flatpanels, too.
    2. Why is it Florida's always excluded from contests like this? Extra contest-registration rules or something?

  2. Not a bad deal for the winner, either... by wirefarm · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Lots of people wrote plugins for the last version, released them to the community and basically got nothing for their ingenuity and their effort.
    Now, at least they can be rewarded in some way.
    How is this a bad deal?

    I wrote an add-on for the last version that some people use - I never asked for, expected or got any kind of compensation. I'd have been stoked if someone gave me an iPod.

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    -- My Weblog.