This message comes to you from MacDev-1(tm) -- the Mac(tm) OS Developer News and Info server. See below for more info on this list (including sub/unsub details). __________________________
Trolltech launches worldwide Qt/Mac developer contest Win great prizes for Qt applications on the Mac OSLO and PALO ALTO, January 7, 2004. Trolltech� today announced a worldwide contest for Mac� developers. The contest is for the best commercially developed and free software from thousands of talented software application developers worldwide. The purpose of the contest is to increase the number of applications on Mac OS X�, and to show the potential of Qt� on the Mac platform. Eligible entries can be any English language version of a software application developed using Qt/Mac 3.3 on Mac OS X 10.3 or later. Application entries are divided into three categories: 1. Best Original Free Qt Application Individual/community developed application using the Qt/Mac Free Edition 2. Best Ported Free Qt Application Individual/community developed application originally written with Qt/X11 Free Edition for UNIX�/Linux� and ported to Mac OS X using the Qt/Mac Free Edition 3. Best Original Commercial Qt Application Individual or company developed application using the Qt/Mac Professional or Enterprise Edition The contest winners will be awarded with iPods�and a chance to win a Power Mac G5. For each category, first prize will win a 40GB iPod and the runner up will win a 20GB iPod. Deadline for submitting applications is 6:00 p.m. PST, May 7, 2004. An overall winner of the contest will also be selected and receive a Power Mac� G5! The contest is open to individuals who are independent software developers and to software companies. Individual developers may enter works created individually or in collaboration with other eligible contestants. The winning entries will be announced in connection with Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference 2004. �Trolltech is very excited about this contest,� said Eirik Chambe-Eng, co-founder and President of Trolltech. �We wish to encourage developers to experience the ease with which Qt-based applications can be ported to the Mac - and to show Mac developers that if you are looking for a C++, Aqua look and feel, native performance alternative on the Mac, Qt is what you�re looking for.� For more information on the contest visit www.trolltech.com/qtmaccontest or come to our stand SIP2 at the Mac Tech Center at MacWorld 2004 - San Francisco, CA, January 6-9. About Trolltech: Trolltech� is a software company with two flagship products: Qt� and Qtopia�. Qt is a multi-platform C++ application framework developers can use to write single-source applications that run -- natively -- on Windows, Linux, UNIX, Mac OS X and embedded Linux. Qt has been used to build thousands of successful commercial applications worldwide, and is the basis of the open source KDE desktop environment. Qtopia is the first comprehensive application environment built for embedded Linux, and is used in Sharp's line of Zaurus PDAs. Trolltech is headquartered in Oslo, Norway, with offices in Brisbane, Australia, and Palo Alto, California. More about Trolltech can be found at http://www.trolltech.com. __________________________ Please visit our sponsors: RadGad(sm): The Place for Useful Gifts & Gadgets.(sm) http://www.radgad.com/, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED], or 877-5-RADGAD MacTech(r) Magazine: The journal of Macintosh technology and development http://www.mactech.com, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED], or 805-494-9797 DevDepot(sm): Your Source for RAM, Technical & Developer Products http://www.devdepot.com, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or call 877-DEPOT-NOW To submit a posting to MacDev-1, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to MacDev-1, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the SUBJECT line reading "SUBSCRIBE MACDEV-1". To unsubscribe, the SUBJECT line should read "UNSUBSCRIBE MACDEV-1". MacTech, Developer Depot, RadGad, and Xplain Corporation are not responsible for any errors, omissions, or other inaccuracies in this message. News may be propagated freely, but please attribute your source as MacTech Magazine, <http://www.mactech.com>. --
