Just thought I’d pass along that TIBCO is holding a mashup contest. There are a few simple rules:
- You’ve got to create it as a project in the latest version of GI, natch, though you can include other Ajax libraries.
- You’ve got to use PageBus, their open source Ajax message bus. Good for mashups, dontcha know.
- You’ve got to subscribe stock or geotagging messages from TIBCO. Hmmm. So only geotagging and stock apps are cool?
Anyway, you can check out the details here.
FWIW, they need to work on the prizes. Plasma TV? IPod? All of the really good developers I know already have an iPod. And most of them don’t want to watch more TV (though some do play video games). Those prizes don’t motivate me at all.
What prizes should they have to tempt developers? How about a hydrodynamic building set, a dual WAN router or an ATA over Ethernet drive? At least consider and iPhone instead of an iPod.
Note: for those looking for Xmas gift ideas (Mama, Papa, Mucki, Karen), the etherdrive is way cool. 
