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LinuxPPC64 Contest

Posted by Hemos on from the something-to-post dept.

Robert MacFarlan writes: "IBM is sponsoring a Open Source developer contest for their Linux on POWER (Linux PPC 64) effort. The contest is designed to award and showcase innovative new open source applications that are designed or optimized specifically for Linux running on the PPC architecture. The contest also awards ports of existing applications from a predetermined list. Contest prizes include Segway HTs, Apple Power Mac G5s, and cash awards. "

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  1. Re:Why is this story categorized under Apple?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    If an article is deemed important .. nothing wrong with duping it so that readers who check slashdot at later times can see the story too.

    Boy, that was a lame excuse.

  2. Re:Why is this story categorized under Apple?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    It still boggles my mind that some people actually pay for Slashdot.

  3. Re:Too bad apple can't run latest version of Java by m50d · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Yeah, but java sucks and is slow, so why would you want to be able to develop for it? :)

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