Community Coding Contest to start July 1 - Chance to Win MSDN Premium! | Tech Off

The Community Coding Contest will run from July 1 through Sept. 30, 2008. The community will vote to decide the winners. The top 3 entries will each be awarded 1 MSDN Premium Subscription with Visual Studio Team Suite, and the 4th place entry will be awarded Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 and Visual Studio 2008 Professional. Here's an awesome chance to write some code and win some awesome prizes! I am also looking for sponsors to donate additional prizes to give away.

http://pietschsoft.com/post/2008/06/Community-Coding-Contest-to-start-July-1st-Chance-to-Win-MSDN-Premium-Subscription-with-VS08-Team-Suite-plus-more.aspx

Updated 6/29/2008: The Official Community Coding Contest website is now Live! http://communitycodingcontest.org

blowdart

Errr you'll find the MVP MSDN giveaways are region locked; i.e. mine are only fufillable in Europe, and LatinAm don't get them at all. You need to be very very clear about that.

littleguru

In reply to blowdart

#Jun 26th @ 10:20 PM

Hehe... I also thought of doing something like this... still don't know if I should give them away or do a competition.

Maddus Mattus

In reply to littleguru

#Jun 26th @ 10:26 PM

I will be your slave for the duration of the subscription if you give it to me Tongue Out :P:P:P

Imagine having youre very own agree-slave here on C9!

Wouldnt that be worth something to ya lassie?

littleguru

In reply to Maddus Mattus

#Jun 27th @ 2:52 AM

You don't have an MSDN subscription? I should probably start a thread here on Channel 9 and ask who has no MSDN subscription.

Maddus Mattus

In reply to littleguru

#Jun 27th @ 3:06 AM

I had an MSDN subscription from my former employer.

My new employer is mindfull of the euro's and doesnt see an MSDN subscription as added value (go figure).

So yes, I dont have an MSDN subscription.

littleguru

In reply to Maddus Mattus

#Jun 27th @ 3:09 AM

I first need to understand if the subscriptions that I got are only bound to Europe... after that I'll figure something out to see who will get the subscriptions Smiley

- one is already gone: his highness Mr Sven Groot got it - but that's another story Tongue Out

Maddus Mattus

In reply to littleguru

#Jun 27th @ 3:11 AM

All hail his highness Sven Groot!

Emyr

In reply to Maddus Mattus

#Jun 27th @ 4:11 AM

Well that's me out then.

Is there going to be a Europe variant of this competition?

ZippyV

In reply to blowdart

#Jun 26th @ 10:20 PM

Sven is still a student, no? He should still be able to get msdnaa for free.

At my job I get pretty frustrated. I have to work with VS2005 and my Office version doesn't validate online. I asked about their msdn subscription but they claim MS suddenly lost all their account details and don't even know the company anymore. I've asked and asked about the status of the subscription and now they are telling me they are trying to become a gold partner and then they would get a free msdn subscription but "don't hold your breath, it could take 2 years"

Sigh, bla.

blowdart

In reply to Emyr

#Jun 27th @ 11:48 AM

If you can find an MVP that has subscriptions to give away and will run it. I gave mine away already.

Emyr

In reply to blowdart

#Jun 27th @ 1:32 PM

Errr I know this could be a dumb question....

But why would someone give away thousands of pounds worth of software??

One very confused welshman...

ZippyV

In reply to Emyr

#Jun 27th @ 1:54 PM

Because having more than 1 msdn subscription for yourself is pretty useless.

Emyr

In reply to ZippyV

#Jun 27th @ 1:58 PM

still, feels a bit cheeky asking for it....

However, if someone has a spare one going......

blowdart

In reply to Emyr

#Jun 27th @ 1:54 PM

MS sent some MVPs 3 subscriptions to do with what they will.

Maddus Mattus

In reply to blowdart

#Jun 27th @ 2:34 PM

Microsoft gold partners get a standard subscription for free,..

And these are not all that expensive, $1500 dollars per two year to develop with nearly all Microsoft Software is pretty cheap.

It's a pretty good move by Microsoft because the customers you develop for need to pay full price for the license.

We have an MVP working for us, but he prolly gave away his subscriptions. And he is sure as hell not going to give me any Wink

littleguru

Guys,... it might happen that I'm going to organize something to give my 2 left away... keep an eye on my postings on c9 and my blog.

ZippyV

In reply to littleguru

#Jun 27th @ 2:50 PM

Remembers Zeo`s unrealistic competition...

littleguru

In reply to ZippyV

#Jun 27th @ 3:26 PM

Nay... won't be very unrealistic Wink

I only need a way to decide who it gets.

CRPietschmann

The Official Community Coding Contest website is now Live!

http://communitycodingcontest.org

littleguru

In reply to CRPietschmann

#Jun 29th @ 9:38 PM

The RSS image doesn't show up properly here... I get a lot of "image not found"-placeholders in the website; using IE7.

Sven Groot

In reply to ZippyV

#Jun 27th @ 1:09 PM

Sven is still a student, no? He should still be able to get msdnaa for free.

Yep I do, and using it, I can download Japanese versions (and only Japanese versions) of various Microsoft products. So it's not very useful.

Maddus Mattus

In reply to Sven Groot

#Jul 1st @ 1:55 AM

You should have learnt Japanese by now Wink

CRPietschmann

In reply to littleguru

#Jun 30th @ 12:56 AM

The missing images were caused by some of the BlogEngine.NET images not getting uploaded to the server, by accident. I'm uploading them now.

Also, the functionality has now been enabled for developers to start submitting their entries to the contest. Remember, no contest entry is to small or big, and YOU (the community) decides who wins. You can even upload your entry in a ZIP file, or enter the URL where it's already hosted.

http://communitycodingcontest.org

jonathansampson

In reply to littleguru

#Jun 27th @ 3:06 AM

I don't have one - poor me.

Jonathan Sampson