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#Jun 26th @ 2:55 PM
CRPietschmann
CRPietschmann
Chris Pietschmann
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
#Jun 26th @ 10:20 PM
blowdart
blowdart
Peek-a-boo
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.
#Jun 26th @ 10:26 PM
littleguru
littleguru
allein, allein,... allein, allein!
Hehe... I also thought of doing something like this... still don't know if I should give them away or do a competition.
#Jun 27th @ 2:52 AM
Maddus Mattus
Maddus Mattus
it really does!

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?

#Jun 27th @ 3:06 AM
littleguru
littleguru
allein, allein,... allein, allein!
You don't have an MSDN subscription? I should probably start a thread here on Channel 9 and ask who has no MSDN subscription.
#Jun 27th @ 3:09 AM
Maddus Mattus
Maddus Mattus
it really does!
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.
#Jun 27th @ 3:11 AM
littleguru
littleguru
allein, allein,... allein, allein!
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
#Jun 27th @ 4:11 AM
Maddus Mattus
Maddus Mattus
it really does!

All hail his highness Sven Groot!

#Jun 27th @ 11:48 AM
Emyr
Emyr
In front of my computer....
Well that's me out then.

Is there going to be a Europe variant of this competition?
#Jun 27th @ 1:09 PM
ZippyV
ZippyV
Soapbox = Fail
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.
#Jun 27th @ 1:32 PM
blowdart
blowdart
Peek-a-boo
If you can find an MVP that has subscriptions to give away and will run it. I gave mine away already.
#Jun 27th @ 1:54 PM
Emyr
Emyr
In front of my computer....
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...
#Jun 27th @ 1:58 PM
ZippyV
ZippyV
Soapbox = Fail
Because having more than 1 msdn subscription for yourself is pretty useless.
#Jun 27th @ 2:33 PM
Emyr
Emyr
In front of my computer....
still, feels a bit cheeky asking for it....

However, if someone has a spare one going......
#Jun 27th @ 2:34 PM
blowdart
blowdart
Peek-a-boo
MS sent some MVPs 3 subscriptions to do with what they will.
#Jun 27th @ 2:48 PM
Maddus Mattus
Maddus Mattus
it really does!
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
#Jun 27th @ 2:50 PM
littleguru
littleguru
allein, allein,... allein, allein!

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.

#Jun 27th @ 3:26 PM
ZippyV
ZippyV
Soapbox = Fail
Remembers Zeo`s unrealistic competition...
#Jun 27th @ 5:47 PM
littleguru
littleguru
allein, allein,... allein, allein!
Nay... won't be very unrealistic Wink I only need a way to decide who it gets.
#Jun 29th @ 9:38 PM
CRPietschmann
CRPietschmann
Chris Pietschmann
The Official Community Coding Contest website is now Live!

http://communitycodingcontest.org
#Jun 30th @ 12:56 AM
littleguru
littleguru
allein, allein,... allein, allein!
The RSS image doesn't show up properly here... I get a lot of "image not found"-placeholders in the website; using IE7.
#Jul 1st @ 1:55 AM
Sven Groot
Sven Groot
You can't have everything; after all, where would you put it?
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.