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ENTER THE SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE CONTEST

New this year -- TopCoder will be conducting a live software competition onsite at Dr. Dobb’s Architecture & Design World 2008. The Software Architecture Contest will provide attendees with a real-world exercise in architectural design, facing off on an even playing field with their peers to determine who can create and document the best comprehensive software solution to address a set of system requirements. Contestants will compete to create and document a comprehensive solution to a set of system requirements.

For more information, please visit the contest page at: www.topcoder.com/dobbs

The contest will take place both online and onsite leading up to the conclusion of Dr. Dobb’s Architecture & Design World, and is open to residents of the United States (excluding Puerto Rico) and Canada (excluding the province of Quebec), with free registration as a TopCoder member required to compete in the arena. TopCoder membership and Architecture & Design World 2008 registration is required in order to be eligible for this competition. Full rules and guidelines are available at: http://www.topcoder.com/dobbs.

The winner of the contest will be announced immediately preceding the Herb Thompson’s “Hackernomics” keynote on July 24, 2008. Contest entrants must enter their submissions online at www.topcoder.com/dobbs by July 23, 2008 until 11:59am CDT or at the TopCoder booth onsite at Architecture & Design World by July 23, 2008 at 11:59am CDT.

First Place Prize
One free All Access (or highest level) pass to one event of your choice:
SD Best Practices 2008 (Boston, October 20-24, 2008)
SD West 2009 (March 2009)
Dr. Dobb's Architecture & Design World (July 2009)

Second Place Prize
A 50% discount on one All Access (or highest level) pass to one event of their choice:
SD Best Practices 2008 (Boston, October 20-24, 2008)
SD West 2009 (March 2009), or
Dr. Dobb's Architecture and Design 2009