In the week’s preceding WinHEC 2007, a slew of Add-Ins were released on the Microsoft forums from community developers passionate about extending Windows Home Server to create new functionality for the platform.
Then, at WinHEC 2007, Bill Gates announced Code2Fame - a competition for developers to submit their best WHS add-ins for a $10,000 prize pot.
Since the announcement…… silence.
No new add-ins have been announced or shared by the community. Are add-ins still being developed? Of course they are. But my hunch is that they’re being jealously guarded by developed keen to win the prize and not let any of their coding secrets out of the bag until after the competition’s over.
Who loses? The beta community. A flood of add-ins will be released at the end of September, post-competition, but for now, it’s tumbleweed time.
As a call to action to the WHS team - open up a gallery of all submitted entries. Allow the beta community to download and test them out. Better still, create a Community Award category in Code2Fame and open up a voting system to allow the WHS Beta Community an opportunity to vote for their favourite add-in.
Would love to hear your thoughts on this. Feel free to leave a comment.
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June 2nd, 2007 at 12:14 am
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June 20th, 2007 at 10:29 pm
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