Competition Fosters Next Generation Of Linux Talent 209
gollum123 writes "Yahoo reports that about 3,000 students from 75 countries registered for the 2004 IBM Linux Scholar Challenge before registration closed Oct. 31, the largest turnout in the competition's history. This year's winners will be revealed in January at LinuxWorld in Boston. Each entry consists of a 1,200-word essay that can describe the solution to one of 29 Linux-related challenges IBM poses as part of the competition. Entrants, who must be enrolled full time at an accredited university, aren't limited to these challenges and can suggest and solve their own problems. The IBM-provided challenges include asking entrants to identify deficiencies in Linux and propose solutions, describe how to build a high-availability application that would provide failover capability across multiple IBM servers, and improve boot time on a Linux-based IBM ThinkPad."
Misread... (Score:4, Funny)
ooh I got it (Score:2, Funny)
Uninstall Linux and install FreeBSD.
Oops, wait, that's only 5 words. Need another 1,195 to pad it out. Any suggestions?
Re:ooh I got it (Score:5, Funny)
Nice "competition" (Score:4, Funny)
Re:I cant beleive this (Score:0, Funny)
Alot of the smartest people in history didn't even go to college.
I know, becuase I didn't.
No kidding...
alot = a lot
beleive = believe
cant = can't or cannot
becuase = because
That is a lot of errors for such a brief post.
Re:Requirements are lame (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Requirements are lame (Score:2, Funny)
essay this.... (Score:2, Funny)
Each entry consists of a 1,200-word essay that can describe the solution to one of 29 Linux-related challenges IBM poses as part of the competition.
like... "How to install ATi drivers" ??
Re:Misread... (Score:2, Funny)
http://nachoism.org/vb-linux.png [nachoism.org]
Re:Lets split a few small hairs.. (Score:5, Funny)
Surely you meant "than to speak up"?
Re:Patent question (Score:3, Funny)
If only they would have passed for my footnotes on my research paper. [FN1]
[1] - I can't be bothered looking it up. You do it.