[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux Demo Day 99

[J. Reeves Hall]

Steve Baker wrote:

> Chris Cox wrote:
> >
> > Well, time is ticking.  We need to register for Linux Demo Day by
> > August 18th (!!)
>
> For some years, I've been nursing a wild idea that might just be a COOL
> thing for NTLUG to do on Linux Demo day.
>
> I had the idea to try to write an entire computer game in 24 hours - to
> establish some kind of record with the Guinness Book of Records - then
> to sell it for charity (some kind of shareware deal maybe).
>
> It would take a team of perhaps five or six people - programmers,
> an artist or two and a musician - plus some supporters for moral
> support and brewing the coffee.
>
> This could be the kind of thing that a store would sponsor too.
> I bet we could get local TV coverage too.
>
> Obviously, it would have to be pre-planned to death with everyone
> knowing what they'd have to write in advance.  We'd need to set up
> a mini-network for the participants with a handful of machines to
> do the work on.
>
> I think this is quite do-able.
>
> What does everyone think?

I LOVE that idea - but dammit, I'm gonna be in Atlanta in a week!!!
Speedcoding is extremely fun. Err, perhaps this could be done over the
Internet, with live videoconferencing?

I'll participate if possible. Good luck in any case. This could raise a
lot of Linux publicity, even if it didn't get in the GBWR.

-Reeves