3...2...1... It's Over! Now Go Vote for Your Favorites!

Posted May 6th 2008 12:00PM by Denis Horgan

VOTE FOR YOUR TOP 5 HERE!

The submission phase for the $100,000 Open AIM Developer Challenge is now closed!

I'd like to thank everyone who participated, I can honestly say we are all overwhelmed at the quality and quantity of great apps that have been submitted here over the last two months.

We received a total of 53 passing submissions, nine of which will be awarded a $10,000 first prize, another 20 will earn a $500 second prize, and everyone who submitted here (even non-passing submissions) will be sent a TopCoder/Open AIM T-Shirt.

We'll be crunching the numbers over the next week, and will announce the winners at the TCO (and on this blog) in Las Vegas on May 15th.

A reminder of the scoring breakdown:

Usage (20%): Usage will be determined based on usage statistics. It is strictly prohibited to manufacture or attempt to manufacture usage in any way. Usage and activity shall be subject to audit by TopCoder and/or AOL.
Innovation (20%): Determined by the Competition judges
Best Use of APIs (20%): Best use of the functionality provided by the Specified Technology
AOL favorite (20%): Popularity among AOL staff
TopCoder Community Favorite (20%): Popularity among the TopCoder Community

Voting for the TopCoder Community Favorite will take place on the site, ~~and will open later today. I'll update this post with the link when it's up.~~

VOTING IS OPEN HERE - CHOOSE YOUR TOP 5 FAVORITE APPS BEFORE MAY 13

Congratulations to all who participated, you've displayed once again that the level of talent and ingenuity in the TopCoder community is second to none!

Good luck!

dh

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