Competition Fosters Next Generation Of Linux Talent

gollum123 writes "Yahoo reports that about 3,000 students from 75 countries registered for the 2004 IBM Linux Scholar Challenge before registration closed Oct. 31, the largest turnout in the competition's history. This year's winners will be revealed in January at LinuxWorld in Boston. Each entry consists of a 1,200-word essay that can describe the solution to one of 29 Linux-related challenges IBM poses as part of the competition. Entrants, who must be enrolled full time at an accredited university, aren't limited to these challenges and can suggest and solve their own problems. The IBM-provided challenges include asking entrants to identify deficiencies in Linux and propose solutions, describe how to build a high-availability application that would provide failover capability across multiple IBM servers, and improve boot time on a Linux-based IBM ThinkPad."

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who must be enrolled full time..

[[cx]]

"who must be enrolled full time at an accredited university"

what a load of crap, i cant believe they would limit so many great linux programmers/enthusiasts from entering this competition. im sure there are lots employed in ibm that never went to an "accredited university".

[cx]

Re:I cant beleive this

[erick99]

Alot is not a word. The correct usage is "a lot."

Let IBM write their own code

[superuser001]

The beauty behind linux is that it is open, light years ahead of other os's... I will imagine that those who do enter will find their ideas stripped from them and tossed out with the morning garbage. Lets keep the magic of linux alive and out of the hands of the corporations...before they turn it into something corrupted....