This seems of interest to Python developers all over the world. Develop a Python app to run on a Cisco router and win real money!
--Guido ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 1:14 PM Subject: Re: For Guido van Rossum: Cisco's $100,000 Developer Contest To: Nicole Dawley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hey Nicole, I'll forward this to some mailing lists and write a brief blog entry about it. Thanks for letting me know! --Guido On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 1:06 PM, Nicole Dawley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Guido, > > > > I'm writing to introduce myself and let you know about Cisco's $100,000 > Developer Contest. The contest is for programs written in C, Java, Python, > Bash or Perl on top of the Cisco's ISR router. > > > > There's some pretty forward stuff that can be done with these routers; in > particular, the development platform for the ISR has a Linux kernel and all > the application processes are isolated, so there's no need to worry about > memory runaway, etc. The best part is that the first phase doesn't require > any coding. > > > > The contest hasn't gotten much press yet and, although I can't guarantee > anything, the competition is slim at this point so there's a strong > opportunity for an individual coder or team to make an impact. > > > > If you find the contest interesting, I hope you'll consider writing an > article about it for your site. I think it's a killer opportunity for you > or your readers and we really need the help of people like you, who are > connected in the developer community, to get the word out! I can also > easily arrange for an interview with a Cisco geek (or most other PR ideas > you can imagine) so please let me know if that interests you as well. > > > > You can visit cisco.com/go/thinkinside for more details (we're also on > Facebook, et al). Also, listen to TechwiseTV stars Robb Boyd and Jimmy Ray > Purser chat about this exciting opportunity here: > youtube.com/watch?v=RrqTv3MkIHI. Feel free to post the video if you'd like. > > > > Sincere thanks for your consideration, > > > > Nicole Dawley > > > > > > ___________________________________ > Nicole Dawley > Social Media Marketing Manager > M80 | 2894 Rowena Ave. | Los Angeles, CA 90039 > e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | p: 323.644.7800 x 233 l f: 323.644.7801 > > > > Subscribe to the RSS feed on M80's Newsroom Asset Blog: > > http://m80im.com/newsroom/ > > > > -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-announce-list Support the Python Software Foundation: http://www.python.org/psf/donations.html
