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iPhone App Wins Microsoft-Campus Programming Contest

Posted by timothy on Tuesday September 1, 2009 @07:43AM from the cross-platform dept.

imamac writes "Startup Weekend was a 54-hour coding marathon held on Microsoft's campus last weekend. It was designed to encourage the use of MS programming technologies. However, the winner of the contest was an iPhone app: '"Awkward," whispered Startup Weekend organizer Clint Nelsen into the microphone upon announcing the top vote getter.'"

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54 hours? by FranTaylor · 2009-09-01 07:55 · Score: 3, Funny

That works out to two days, using my Microsoft calculator.
1. Re:54 hours? by Anonymous Coward · 2009-09-01 08:09 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  That works out to two days, using my Microsoft calculator.
  That's what my Electronic Arts time sheet says also.
2. Re:54 hours? by iYk6 · 2009-09-01 08:38 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  My Verizon rep says that 54 hours is the same thing as 54 minutes, which is less than an hour.
Re:And the app does? by Anonymous Coward · 2009-09-01 07:59 · Score: 5, Funny

It wins contests, obviously.
Re:Not so awkward by Anonymous Coward · 2009-09-01 08:06 · Score: 5, Funny

> What, was someone supposed to write an app for the Microsoft phone?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Mobile
Yeah, they kinda were...
Re:Congratulations to all the contestants! by ClosedSource · 2009-09-01 10:26 · Score: 3, Funny

Sure, because once you write a Windows app you're forbidden by law to write one for another platform.