Live Penguins in Magic Software's LinuxWorld Booth (#206)
Aug 6th, 23:08 UTC
Magic Software has announced that MeL, the LIVE Magic for Linux Really Cool Penguin, will be introducing on-the-hour demonstrations of Magic products in the Magic booth number 206 at the LinuxWorld exhibition on August 9-12 in San Jose.
Interested parties may contact Katharine Hanley at khanley@magic-sw.com to set up one-on-one meetings and product demonstrations in the Magic hospitality suite at the Fairmont Hotel, across from the San Jose Convention Center, during the course of LinuxWorld. Magic to Send Linux Developers to Meet the Penguins
The Magic for Linux "Really Cool Contest" continues. Magic Software Enterprises will award a free 10-day cruise for two to Antarctica to the developer who builds the best e-commerce solution for the Linux platform using Magic, the company's highly productive development technology. Complete details on the contest can be obtained through the company's website, http://www.magic-sw.com.
Free Magic for Linux
Magic offers free limited development and deployment licenses of Magic for Linux product, together with demo applications and free email support. Developers interested in entering The Magic for Linux Really Cool Contest, as well as others, can obtain their copies of the product from the Magic website http://www.magic-sw.com. Limited email support is available through linux@magic-sw.com.
Who's Magic Software?
Magic, an applications development technology and solutions company, increasingly has been enlarging its involvement with the Linux market. Earlier this year, the company began offering free limited development and deployment licenses of its Magic for Linux product to interested developers to help them efficiently build business applications for the solutions-starved Linux platform. With this contest, Magic hopes to help drive even more e-commerce and other business solutions to the Linux platform.
The Contest
The submissions will be judged on the basis of their aesthetic appeal, functionality, ease of use, navigability, overall performance and completeness. Judges for the contest will include representatives of Magic and Jon "Maddog" Hall, Executive Director of Linux International, as well as other industry and media representatives. The winner will be notified by telephone and announced publicly in November 1999.
The Prize
The winner of The Magic for Linux Really Cool Contest will be awarded a free, 10-day cruise for two to Antarctica, provided by Society Expeditions. The cruise, which departs from South America, features visits to the Antarctic Peninsula, as well as the Falkland Islands, the South Georgia Islands and the South Orkney Islands. Highlights of the trip include ice cruising, birding, watching for whales and other marine mammals, visits to scientific research stations on the Antarctic Peninsula and wilderness Zodiac tours.
(Submitted by Steve Greenberg of Magic Software Enterprises)
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