Cisco launches Python Contest offering a nice money reward

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Adriano Marques

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Nov 7, 2008, 1:56:41 AM11/7/08

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Guys,

Take a look at this contest that Cisco has just announced...

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From: Guido van Rossum <gu...@python.org>
Date: Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 7:15 PM
Subject: Fwd: Cisco's $100,000 Developer Contest
To: python-ann...@python.org

This seems of interest to Python developers all over the world.
Develop a Python app to run on a Cisco router and win real money!

--Guido

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From: Guido van Rossum <gu...@python.org>
Date: Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 1:14 PM
Subject: Re: For Guido van Rossum: Cisco's $100,000 Developer Contest
To: Nicole Dawley <nic...@m80im.com>

Hey Nicole, I'll forward this to some mailing lists and write a brief
blog entry about it. Thanks for letting me know!

--Guido

On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 1:06 PM, Nicole Dawley <nic...@m80im.com> wrote:
> Hello Guido,
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> I'm writing to introduce myself and let you know about Cisco's $100,000
> Developer Contest. The contest is for programs written in C, Java, Python,
> Bash or Perl on top of the Cisco's ISR router.
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> There's some pretty forward stuff that can be done with these routers; in
> particular, the development platform for the ISR has a Linux kernel and all
> the application processes are isolated, so there's no need to worry about
> memory runaway, etc. The best part is that the first phase doesn't require
> any coding.
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> The contest hasn't gotten much press yet and, although I can't guarantee
> anything, the competition is slim at this point so there's a strong
> opportunity for an individual coder or team to make an impact.
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> If you find the contest interesting, I hope you'll consider writing an
> article about it for your site. I think it's a killer opportunity for you
> or your readers and we really need the help of people like you, who are
> connected in the developer community, to get the word out! I can also
> easily arrange for an interview with a Cisco geek (or most other PR ideas
> you can imagine) so please let me know if that interests you as well.
>
>
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> You can visit cisco.com/go/thinkinside for more details (we're also on
> Facebook, et al). Also, listen to TechwiseTV stars Robb Boyd and Jimmy Ray
> Purser chat about this exciting opportunity here:
> youtube.com/watch?v=RrqTv3MkIHI. Feel free to post the video if you'd like.
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> Sincere thanks for your consideration,
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> Nicole Dawley
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> ___________________________________
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> Social Media Marketing Manager
> M80 | 2894 Rowena Ave. | Los Angeles, CA 90039
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