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I was approached by a large company to run a competition based on there technology. The base technology was xml but required there software to play it back. I did turn down the offer for many of the reasons brought up on the list recently. I did feel this should have done in a more transparent way but I never said no as such, so it could still happen. However about competitions, we have a couple of competitions planned already its just a matter of when. We feel its better to launch competitions around new APIs/sets of Data rather that technologies. I might be wrong, but generally a new API can really spark ideas. Cheers, Ian Forrester See some of you at OpenTech08, where we might be launching something :) Ben O'Connor wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I agree with Alia, can't we all just get along ? > > If this is to be a competition about rich internet applications, then > the competition could be open to AIR and alternatives, such as Google > Gears etc. That is likely to appeal to our various sub-communities > better. Also, wouldn't that be interesting in itself ?! All these > fevered developers taking an opening concept and applying it to their > 'colours' about open this, proprietary that. I'm sure the end user isn't > bothered, as long as the final result is something that makes them get > all teary and touch the screen, as they whisper "home". Offering > guidelines but not restrictions makes it more like a sort of X-prize or > Darpa race then. With a broad goal to work toward, that leaves plenty of > room to go off in different directions and that allows for a nice, > healthy gorge of innovation and ideas. > > That's how I feel about it anyway. > > Ben O'Connor > > > On 4 Jul 2008, at 03:39, Alia Sheikh wrote: > >> Oh I promised myself that I wouldn;t get involved, but yay Godzilla! >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RFEzpUsUBk >> >> >> Ian - I'd like to know more about the competition. If all we know is >> that it's using AIR then that's all we'll argue^H^H^H^H^Htalk about. >> Whats it actually going to be? Is Backstage runnning it or is someone >> else? Also are competitions going to be a regular thing/will we get to >> play with lots of stuff eventually or is this a one off? >> Oh, and I crush everything:) >> >> Alia >> >> Richard Lockwood wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 5:46 PM, Dave Crossland <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: >>> >>> 2008/7/3 Matt Barber <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>: >>> > On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 4:41 PM, Ian Forrester >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> >>> >> >>> >> If we ran a competition which required the final prototype to >>> be in Adobe >>> >> Air, how would people feel about that? >>> > >>> > No problem with that. >>> >>> There is a large problem with that - Adobe Air is proprietary >>> software, so it ought to be boycotted. >>> >>> You boycott it Dave, if it makes you happy. The rest of us can carry >>> on living in the real world. >>> >>> >>> >>> > It's using a new technology and product to encourage >>> > development, and the technology is available to end users easily >>> and with >>> > little effort, on multiple platforms. >>> >>> But it tramples our freedom and community, which are more important. >>> >>> No Dave, you're thinking of Godzilla. >>> Rich. >> >> - >> Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, >> please visit >> http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. >> Unofficial list archive: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIbglrQiJ2fWCDT3cRAjgPAJ9i8X9QUXy0GQqzA9JxKF1VdLo6nwCeMomF LtVMZpOxwghKA/nPHvpDevA= =nqL1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
