Re: [iPAQ] Contest extended until Friday 8/17

Jim Gettys wrote:
>
> We've got many fewer submissions for the contest than we had expected (lots
> of initial responses, but few actual submissions). And many of the interesting
> apps I know of did not get submitted... So the marketing folks have reopened
> the contest for submissions. You may be able to win an iPAQ or the Laptop
> grand prize; you have nothing to lose, and maybe a fun toy to gain!

Excellent news.

I, for one, got confused and missed the deadline. The contest rules at:
http://linuxcontest.cpqidea.com/rules.asp
states:

2.CONTEST TERM: Subject to Section 3, Compaq intends to conduct this
Contest from 18 June 2001 through 05 August 2001 (the "Contest Period").

I read this as a closing date of Aug 5th. But then further down it
reads:

6.CONTEST ENTRY SUBMITTAL: You must provide a detailed specification,
program files, and source code for the application electronically via
the Internet on or before 11:59 PM CST on 31 July 2001.

So I missed the deadline. Or did I?

Anyway, perhaps Compaq marketing people should update the rules page
with the new dates, and remove the ambiguity.

Hopefully by 8/17 I can whip my sizeable Tcl project(s) into some sort
of releasable state.

Regards,

Mark /
markgsaye_at_yahoo.com
Received on Thu Aug 09 2001 - 15:24:26 EDT