From the VMTN Blog http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/blog/2006/05/#uvac_countdown
The Countdown Begins
There are fewer than 10 days left until the
Ultimate Virtual
Appliance Challenge deadline: May 26, 2006. It's not too late to
assemble the world's most innovative virtual appliance. We're seeing lots of
good entries, but you can still enter, and I guarantee that your chances are
better than the state lottery. I'm serious that it's not too late -- most
of the appliances are being crafted by combining open source components and
packages and operating systems in clever ways. Fit & finish are important
to the Challenge, but unique value and innovative use of virtualization are
75% of the judging criteria.
So if you still have that great idea kicking around that makes +virtual
better than real+, 9 days is more than enough to pull it together. Your
car doesn't need to be washed this weekend. The beach will wait. Your kid's
volleyball game -- OK, go to that, but then come home and get back to work on your
appliance.
See the Challenge submission instructions for more information.
Our ftp servers are standing by to receive your files by May 26. You'll
be doing yourself a favor if you submit it before Friday the 26th, since
you'll be fighting everyone else uploading at the same time, but I don't
want to nag, so just make sure you give yourself enough time.
If uploading a gigabyte virtual appliance file is going to interfere with
uploading your latest
lipsync video to YouTube, you can burn it on a DVD and overnight it to us.
--jtroyer
