Wednesday October 24, 2007
Code For Freedom
Our country boasts of being Independent for 60 years now, and to celebrate it Sun has launched The Code for freedom contest on Aug 15. The contest runs for 6 months (upto Feb '08) and there are no deadlines for entries.(Earlier the better!!).
Goodies to be won:
- GRAND PRIZE- "Sun workstations/Laptops"
- I-pod shuffle for significant contributors
- USB sticks as early bird prizes
- T-shirts for valid submission
| Projects | Description | Interests |
| Opensolaris | Select a bug, or an RFE(request for enhancement).Select an easy bug then move up the complexity ladder!! | C/C++ ,Operating system,Unix |
| Project Glassfish | Its a free open source application server,implementing features of JAVA EE 5. Submit bug reports,,bug fixes, enhancement requests, documentation | Java ,servlets,client server model. |
| Netbeans | Free ,open source, mulitplatform IDE(Integrated development environment).work on bug fixes,documentation(Non -techies ,have a closer look!!) | Java,IDE |
| Open portal | Open source portal server project.Post bug fixes,RFEs,great portlets . | Java, remote acces |
| Its an Database subproject.Its an open source relational Database Implemented entirely in Java. | Java,DBMS |
Guys ,It doesnt matter if your not proficient in any of the filelds, you will get help on the various mailing lists.Just click your field of interest and join the relavent mailing lists, take your time in understanding the projects and the flow of codes.Once you comfortable take the code fix up the bugs post your achievements,sit back and enjoy the prizes!!.
All the best!!
Posted by Shampavman C G [Personal] ( October 24, 2007 01:51 PM ) Permalink | Comments[0]