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VMware's Ultimate Virtual Appliance Challenge

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the get-rich-quick-schemes dept.

Natales writes "VMware has announced that they will be supplying $200,000 in prizes for what they call The Ultimate Virtual Appliance Challenge. Big industry names such as Tim O'Reilly and Mark Shuttleworth are among the judges." From the article: "Using open source or freely distributable components and/or your own code, create the most inventive and useful virtual appliance and win the $100,000 first prize! The Challenge is open to anyone worldwide and will be judged by a panel of industry experts with input from the community."

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  1. So send in something that runs under Xen by Animats · · Score: 4, Interesting

    There's nothing in the rules that says the thing has to run under VMware. So send in something that runs under Xen.