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Re: A.P.P.L.E. Announces Apple II Programming Contest

bill.martens@gmail.com wrote:


As for the collaboration, we are giving individual prizes which is why
it is an indivudal contest.  Who knows, maybe the next go around, we
will do a team competition.  Prizes would have to be thought out for
that one.


OK, I think I understand.

Actually, the prize thing could be worked out by the "team",
which could be treated as a virtual individual (come to think
of it, I suppose no one would really have to know ;-).

But the argument that pitting teams against individuals isn't
"fair" is a good one, I suppose--though you could argue that
either one has the advantage.  ;-)

The argument that individuals will produce more programa than
would be produced if people organized into teams is also highly
debatable, since many individuals might participate in a team
who would otherwise sit it out.

I wasn't actually talking about "teams" anyway, but rather work
that builds on the work of another--you know, "standing on each
other's shoulders instead of each other's toes" and all...  ;-)

-michael




Michael J. Mahon wrote:


bill.martens@gmail.com wrote:


Today is the start of the 2006 Apple II Programming Contest being
sponsored by Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange.  For those of
you participating in the costest, be sure to delare your participation
by sending an email to the contest email address listed on the web
page.

The URL for the Contest page is http://www.callapple.org/contest.htm.
Only entries that have been declared will be accepted.  Last day for
open declaration of participation will be 30 September 2006.

All entries for the contest must be received by 1 January 2007.  Our
Judges this year will be as follows:

Eric Shepherd (Syndicomm)
John Woodall (Vintage Micros)
and one special judge to be announced later.

All entries will be judged for originality, uesfulness, completeness,
and of course, the overall riding factor of Coolness as specified by
our judges.

Be sure and check out the website at
http://www.callapple.org/contest.htm and put those programming skills
to work!


Two things, Bill.

1. I note that the contest page causes my browser to want to load a
   Japanese language extension...  ;-(

2. Any particular reason why collaborations of multiple programmers
   are not elegible?  Collaboration seems like something you'd want to
   encourage, particularly if you want larger projects to happen.


-michael

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