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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Philly open-source prize: Geek treasure

A month's supply of pizza and Mountain Dew. A 15"-screen MacBook Pro. A 27" Apple LED video display. An iPad 2. A $300 Amazon.com gift card. That's the top prize a group of Philadelphia software developers are offering for the best Linux, Python, Nginx, Memcache, Django, and other open-source application submitted by developers living within 60 miles of Philadelphia City Hall .

Monetate, the Center City website traffic-tracking site, is sponsoring the contest, and Monetate engineering boss Tom Janofsky and architecture director Jeffrey Persch have recurited DuckDuckGo.com founder Gabe Weinberg, Digg turned SimpleGeo ceo Jay Adelson, Chariot Solutions consulting boss Don Coleman, Algorithmics software chief Aaron Feng, Facebook apps specialist Alexey Komissarouk, BankSimple co-founder Alex Payne as judges.

Yes, all those guys have local ties; and yes, software is a Made in Philadelphia product; and there will be more; and that's the point. It's part of Philly Tech Week. More at http://opensource.monetate.com
Posted by Joseph N. DiStefano @ 4:47 PM  Permalink | 1 comment
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:14 PM, 04/20/2011
    There is a sad irony to the gift of Apple products to developers of open software. Apple iOS is the most closed platform in wide use today. A developer cannot even sell his software without Apple's approval.
    — Icee


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About Joseph N. DiStefano
Joseph N. DiStefano writes this blog to feed his PhillyDeals column in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Joe has been a member of Bloomberg LP’s New York Finance Team, wrote the book “Comcasted,” taught writing at St. Joseph’s University, and studied economics and history at Penn. Reach Joe at 215-854-5194 and JoeD@phillynews.com
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