Thanks to ForLINUX for
this announcement.
Magic Software Enterprises
announced today that it will award a free 10-day cruise for two to
Antarctica to the developer who builds the best e-commerce solution
for the Linux platform using Magic, the company?s highly productive
development technology. The contest, titled ?The Magic for Linux
Really Cool Contest,? runs from May 20, 1999 through October 15,
1999, with all entry forms due no later than September 30, 1999.
Complete details on the contest can be obtained through the
company?s website,
http://www.magic-sw.com.
Magic, an applications development
technology and solutions company, increasingly has been enlarging
its involvement with the Linux market. Earlier this year, the
company announced that it was offering free limited development and
deployment licenses of its Magic for Linux product to interested
developers to help them efficiently build business applications for
the solutions-starved Linux platform. Now, with this contest, Magic
hopes to help drive even more e-commerce and other business
solutions to the Linux platform.
The Magic for Linux Really
Cool Contest
The Magic for Linux Really Cool
Contest is being introduced this week at the Linux Expo in Raleigh,
North Carolina, which is expected to attract more than 5,000 Linux
developers. Entry forms, which must be completed online, as well as
complete information regarding the format for submissions and other
key details, are available through the Magic website,
http://www.magic-sw.com.
The submissions will be judged on the basis
of their aesthetic appeal, functionality, ease of use,
navigability, overall performance and completeness. Judges for the
contest will include representatives of Magic and Jon ?Maddog?
Hall, Executive Director of Linux International, as well as other
industry and media representatives. The winner will be notified by
telephone and announced publicly in November 1999.
The Prize
The winner of The Magic for Linux Really
Cool Contest will be awarded a free, 10-day cruise for two to
Antarctica, provided by Society Expeditions. The cruise, which
departs from South America, features visits to the Antarctic
Peninsula, as well as the Falkland Islands, the South Georgia
Islands and the South Orkney Islands. Highlights of the trip
include ice cruising, birding, watching for whales and other marine
mammals, visits to scientific research stations on the Antarctic
Peninsula and wilderness Zodiac tours. Developers on the Linux
platform, whose symbol is the penguin, will be given ample
opportunity to commune with thousands of these tuxedoed
mascots.
Free Magic for Linux
CD
- Earlier this year, Magic announced that it was
offering free limited development and deployment licenses of its
Magic for Linux product, together with demo applications and free
email support. Developers interested in entering The Magic for
Linux Really Cool Contest, as well as others, can obtain their
copies of the product from any of the following:
- the Magic booth (Number 87) at the
Linux Expo, May 20-22, 1999
- the Magic pedestals at the Informix trade show
scheduled from July 19-22, 1999, in San Diego,
California
- the Magic booth (Number 206) at the Linux
World trade show scheduled from August 9-12, 1999, in San Jose,
California
- or the Magic website – http://www.magic-sw.com
Limited email support is available through
linux@magic-sw.com. To
date, Magic has responded to thousands of requests for its free
Magic for Linux CD.
Magic Software
Enterprises
Magic Software Enterprises offers the
most productive, state-of-the-art development technology,
customizable applications, and services for cost-effectively
solving business problems. Using Magic, companies can efficiently
leverage their existing resources and take advantage of emerging
technologies.
Magic technology, applications and
services are available through a global network of subsidiaries,
distributors and solutions partners in more than 50 countries. The
company is located at 1642 Kaiser Avenue, Irvine, Calif., 92614,
telephone (949) 250-1718, fax (949) 250-7404,
http://www.magic-sw.com.