Student Reviews Contest

[Souvik Das Gupta]

             
 

Sun has launched an all new contest for students that will help us learn and at the same time share our views about OpenSolaris OS and NetBeans 6.1 - The Student Reviews Contest!

Prizes up fro grabs:  

• 1 chance to win the grand prize of $250 in Visa Debit Card, and
• 5 chances of winning second prizes - each of $100 in Visa Debit Card.
  

Contest Period:
This contest begins at 12:01 A.M. Pacific Time (PT) Zone in the United States (e.g. San Francisco time) which is 7:01 A.M. Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) on May 5, 2008 and ends on June 6, 2008 at 11:59 P.M. (PT) which is 6:59 A.M. (GMT) on June 7, 2008

All you have to do is:
1. Download OpenSolaris OS and/or NetBeans IDE 6.1. (If you have DVD, that works just as well.)
2. Test the product and post a review!
3. Submit the URL of your review.
4. Do it before June 6, 2008.

Need ideas for what to post to claim the top prize? Here are some suggestions:

a) Describe your OpenSolaris OS installation experience and what it took for you to make it up and running on your hardware platform

b) Run benchmarks and show how OpenSolaris OS performed against a competing OS

c) Create a "how-to" on solving a specific problem using OpenSolaris OS  or NetBeans IDE 6.1 (use detailed instructions, code snippets, commands and outputs etc. as appropriate)

d) Share your deep insight about OpenSolaris OS  or NetBeans IDE 6.1, including your favorite features 

e) Give suggestions on how to enhance the OpenSolaris OS or NetBeans IDE 6.1 

f) Build a cool plug-in to share with the NetBeans Community.          

Here is a sample of  what a review could potentially look like (read through all the 5 pages):

All Entries will be judged by a panel of experts based on the following equally weighted judging criteria: novelty and originality of the review; usefulness and character of the substantive feedback; the review's interest and appeal to other users of OpenSolaris or NetBeans IDE 6.1; clarity in the expression about the user experience; how the review demonstrates or showcases specific features; and/or the ability to use the review to improve any aspect of OpenSolaris or NetBeans IDE 6.1.

Note:

• For this contest, students need to review either NetBeans IDE 6.1 or OpenSolaris OS. You can review both and submit as many entries as you want, but you can win only one prize.
• NO other products including previous NetBeans 6.1 Beta versions, Solaris Express Developer Edition, OpenSolaris Developer Preview, Solaris Express Community Edition, and Solaris 10 5/08 or eariler are included in this contest.
• OpenSolaris OS is what used to be called Project Indiana. It has been launched officially in CommunityOne on May 5th.
  
• All submissions will also be featured on the contest website with pictures if provided.
  

Read the rules (pdf). It contains some very important information that you should know about.

[Souvik Das Gupta]

Hi all

Just to remind you, that we are in the final week of submission of our Reviews on Netbeans 6.1 or OpenSolaris 2008.05. If you still have not made a write up, do it quick or else you might find this chance go begging.

If you require any help/guidance, just ask on this group. 

The details of the contest are attached below.

Regards

Souvik

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