[Box Backup] Box Backup in IBM Linux on POWER contest

Ben Summers boxbackup@fluffy.co.uk
Wed, 13 Oct 2004 08:18:28 +0100


Hi,

IBM are doing a contest (for US citizens only) for developing and 
porting open source software to Linux PPC.

   http://www.linuxonpower.com/

Box Backup is in "Tier 2", which means the prize is a shiny new Apple 
Mac, and I get a shiny new iPod mini for "judging" any ports -- 
apparently regardless of whether anyone submits a port or not. All very 
strange.

Annoyingly, Martin appears to be in the UK, so his work on 64bit-ness 
can't help him get the prize.

Hopefully this will be a nice bit of publicity for the project. Being 
9th in the list makes it quite visible.

Ben