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Date:  Fri, 15 Sep 2006 14:13:30 +0100
From:  John Adams <john (at mark) mintra.com>
Subject:  [coba-e:06962] Re: Theme Contest
To:  coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
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Hi

I thought about it as I wanted a bluequartz that looked like zimbra, but 
I am not sure where a how to exists for such an advenure.  I think the 
thing about open
software is that you should never put a closing date!

John Adams

Brian N. Smith wrote:
>> If it is still running is there going to be a new deadline or is it just
>> running until x amount of entries have been made? Can people submit more
>> than one entry? I hadn't really taken an interest in themes until this
>> morning but after looking I was surprised to find it really isn't rocket
>> science.
>
> I think people just gave up, which is really kind of sad.  You 
> actually can win cash prizes.  I think that first place was like 
> $500.  It is more or less still running.
>
> Not a single person has submitted a thing.  I was told I didn't run it 
> long enough, so I extended.  Still no entries.  I think it is going on 
> almost 6 months since I had announced it.
>
> There has been lots of information posted to this mailing list, along 
> with updates to my site, but still not a single person.
>
> If you would like to post some details on how to do it too, that would 
> be great!
>
> I was really hoping a lot of people would be interested in the 
> skinning. I know a lot of people are interested in the BlueQuartz / 
> CentOS combo.
>
> Since I put out the v4.5 installer, I have had about 2,000 or so 
> downloads.  That doesn't include the count from the other mirrors either.
>
> That is since August 15th too, which makes it even more impressive! :)
>
> Good look on making your entry
>
> -Brian N. Smith
> NuOnce Networks, Inc.
>