[dot] KOffice 2 User Interface Design Competition

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From: Inge Wallin <>
Dept: get-rich-quick
Date: Thursday 22/Dec/2005, @12:24

KOffice 2 User Interface Design Competition
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   KOffice development is currently going on at a tremendous pace. 
Version 1.5, with Open Document as the default file format, will be
released in March 2006, and it is time to start collecting ideas for
version 2.  KOffice has received a donation of $1000 to be used as the
prize in a GUI and Functionality Design competition.  So whip out the
RAD tools and your imagination and design the next big thing in office
automation!

     An anonymous donor who cares a lot about KOffice has donated a sum
of $1000 USD to be used as prize money in a design competition.  The
purpose of the competition is to generate new ideas for the user
interface of the next generation of KOffice, which is expected to be
released around the same time as KDE 4.0.

     Submissions to the competition should be GUI mockups accompanied
with a written description of the intended workflow with ideas for the
design of KOffice 2.  See the KOffice 2 competition page
[http://www.koffice.org/competition/guiKOffice2.php] for an example of
how this could be done.

     In case the judges cannot find an entry that is truly best the
prize money may be split between at most 3 entries.  We do not expect
this to happen, though.

     There is no guarantee that any suggestion from the entries will
actually be implemented in KOffice 2, but we will do our best not to
waste good ideas. We also reserve the right to use any idea from any
entry.

     Our donor said "I believe in the potential of KOffice to become a
better office suite than all the others in the market.  It would be
great for me and society to be able to buy a KOffice that is better than
Microsoft Office for the a total price of 0 dollars."

     Small Print:

     The judges will be picked from the KOffice developers.  Currently,
Inge Wallin and Boudewijn Rempt are appointed, but there might be one
more to make the number uneven. Those who enter the competition should
be aware that there will be no other compensation paid ever, and that
all ideas, graphical elements, workflows, etc, can be used in KOffice
2.0 and published under the GNU General Public License. The final
decision of the judges cannot be overruled. Any taxes due will be paid
by the winners.