Got coolest idea? Join the Microsoft "Made in Express Contest"
Do have the collest idea in your mind? Microsoft launched the Made in Express Contest this week.
From its officicial website:
http://madeinexpresscontest.com/
1) PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The Microsoft "Made in Express" Contest (the
"Contest") is a skill contest in which selected Finalists will build
and display a "Project" consisting of a software application or
physical device using Visual Studio Express and/or SQL Server Express
products ("Express products"). Promotion begins at 12:01 a.m. (PT) on
March 13, 2006 and ends at 11:59 p.m. (PT) on September 1, 2006
(Promotion Period).
2) HOW TO PARTICIPATE/WINNER SELECTION:
There are two phases to this Contest, the Idea Phase and the Project
Phase. During the Idea Phase, entrants must describe the Project he or
she would build if selected as a Finalist and why they should be
selected as a Finalist. At the conclusion of the Idea Phase, twelve
(12) entrants will be selected as Finalists by a panel of qualified
judges and will build the Project (the 'Project Phase') he or she
described in the original entry for consideration for the Grand Prize.
More info here.
Grand Prize $ 10, 000 cash
First Prixe $ 1,000 cash
Runnerups $ 250 cash
Community Choice Winner $1, 000 cash
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