VMware Ultimate Virtual Appliance Challenge

From vmware.com

The Ultimate Virtual Appliance Challenge launched by VMware in Febrary 2006, offering $100,000 to the most creative virtual machine is towards its conclusion.

Participants in the challenge competed to create the industry’s most innovative virtual appliances, using open source or freely distributable components and/or their own code. All submitted challenge entries are available in their website for everyone to download and use.

Voting for best Virtual Appliance officially ended on July 31th. VMware plans to announce the Challenge winners on Monday, August 14, 2006.

An expert judging panel will award prizes based on the appliance description in the entry, the ratings of the community, and their own expert opinion.

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