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LinuxPPC64 Contest
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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It's probably the same reason that everything about applications for generic Unix systems get filed under the "Linux" section. The current list of sections is a little poorly chosen, to put it mildly. There is no IBM or Power section, or anything that really would make a good home for Power related topics.
You are not alone. This is not normal. None of this is normal.
I can do this already. We did a little experiment last year. Using the open source decompiler Boomerang you can turn a windows exe into C code. You can then simply recompile that source code on any platform using winelib including non-x86 platforms like PPC. Of course, you then have to test the app and ensure that it still works, which takes a fair bit of effort as winelib isn't exactly that portable and Boomerang isn't that mature just yet. But it is possible, and it's truely the highest performance way to "run win32 apps on PPC".
How we know is more important than what we know.
What page are you reading??? This contest is designed for Open Source Developers world-wide (w/ the exception of Quebec Canada). Please see the official rules.
This post patent pending.
"While some companies permit Quebec entrants, many are scared away by unique rules that are mandated by the province's gaming agency.
Quebec is the lone Canadian jurisdiction that requires security deposits, charges fees and enforces strict rules about draws valued at more than $100. Some American states also enforce rules that prevent their residents from participating in contests.
In addition to requiring that all documents be written in French, Quebec's agency charges three per cent of the value of all national prizes, even if a Quebecer doesn't claim a prize, or 10 per cent of the value of a contest run exclusively in the province. The agency collected nearly $1.7 million in fees last year.
In the rest of Canada, large contests are governed only by the federal Competition Act, a broad framework for promotional contests.
"People often exclude Quebec just because they're afraid of these rules and don't really understand them," said Sharon Groom, a Toronto lawyer who represents many advertisers that run contests as a marketing tool.
"They're not actually that bad but a lot of our clients will say we don't want to be bothered with doing this, so they exclude Quebec."