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2012-02-07 , 16:32
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Originally Posted by rcolistete View Post
It is really strange this "Qt Innovation Challenge", with US$250,000 for 21 software developers :
- it was an exclusive private challenge;
- which is a lot more than 300 Nokia N950 for developers in June - August 2011 and the MeeGo 2011 competition prizes;
- that money would be enough to give about 500 Nokia N9, for example;
- some of the softwares are totally disconnected to innovation.
I think all Launchpad members were invited to participate, so it wasn't that exclusive. The competition name was misleading as the only criteria used to determine the winners was the number of downloads. A flashlight application always had a great chance of winning because it's something that a lot of people will use.
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