Developers Competition Announcement

DEVELOPERS COMPETITITON ANNOUNCEMENT CHICAGO, SAN JOSE, BOSTON, RALEIGH/DURHAM DURHAM, NC--March 1st, 1996. Droege Computing Services and Digital Consulting Inc. (DCI) of Andover, Massachusetts will be co-producing a series of Developers Competitions to be held in Chicago, San Jose, and Boston. Each of the these competitions will test a different aspect of software development. The winners will advance to the 1997 Developers Competition to be held in Raleigh/Durham, October, 1997. Final results will be published. Teams will be ranked based on their overall score as well as by relative ranking within development categories. Each competition will require the contestants to develop a typical database application based on specifications detailing a real life problem. Previous applications included a Child Abuse Tracking System, the Duke Primate Center Research Database, a Video Archive for the American Dance Festival, a Management System for Habitat for Humanity Affililates and a Recycling Collection System for SunShares. Although the basic database application development skills will be similar, each competition will test a specific aspect of software development. The dates and formats of each competition follow: CHICAGO - RAD Developers Competition - Database and Client/Server World, December 10-12, 1996. This competition will test the developers ability to develop a complete application quickly ("Rapid Application Development"). SAN JOSE - Internet Developers Competition - Internet Expo, February 18-20, 1997. This competition will require the contestants to develop an application for release on the World Wide Web. This is expected to be the first major competition to address the real capabilities of software development tools for the Internet. Last year, Internet Expo was attended by 45,000 people. BOSTON - Client/Server Developers Competition - Database and Client/Server World, May 20-22, 1997. The third competition will test how a typical application is developed in a Client/Server environment. RALIEGH/DURHAM - 1997 Developers Competition. October 1997. Winners from the Chicago, San Jose, and Boston competitions will compete against other competitors from around the world. Cash Prizes, Gold, Silver and Bronze medals will be awarded for RAD, Internet, Client/Server, OOP, and GUI. More information at: http://www2.interpath.net/devcomp/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Unique Software Grants Available for Worthy Organizations. DURHAM, NC--March 1st, 1996. Droege Computing Services and Digital Consulting Inc. (DCI) are looking for worthy organizations with interesting custom software needs. Those needs could become the subject of one of four upcoming Developers Competitions. Several hundred software developers from around the world will be attempting to develop the best solution for each organization. The approximate value to the chosen organization is $10,000 - $20,000. Four applicants will be selected to be the subjects of these competitions. Although not a requirement, it will be helpful if the applicant is located near the site of the competition. For more information on how an organization can apply to become the subject of any of these Developers Competitions, please contact Droege Computing Services, Inc. at (919)403-9459. Information on the competition and an application form will be sent immediately. We will begin to select subjects by July 1st, 1996. The software will be developed at each competition as listed above. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - WE WOULD LIKE TO LINK TO YOUR WEB SITE If you would like us to include a link to your web site, please respond with your URL and make arrangements to include a reciprocol link from your web site to: http://www2.interpath.net/devcomp/ The following is HTML script to insert to link your page with the Developers Competition web page. For more information about the 1997 Developers Competition visit <a href="http://www2.interpath.net/devcomp/">1997 Developers Competition</a> <P> - Thankyou Thomas Droege