# Fwd: Utah programming contest, $20,000 in prizes

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fwd-utah-programming-contest-20-000-in-prizes/91498>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [April 9, 2007, 9:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fwd-utah-programming-contest-20-000-in-prizes/91498 "2007-04-09T21:40:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![pat\_eyler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/858c86/32.png) [@pat\_eyler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pat_eyler)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 9:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fwd-utah-programming-contest-20-000-in-prizes/91498/1 "2007-04-09T21:40:42Z")

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If you happen to live in the area – though this is the second contest  
in  
under a year, it might be worth moving here. 😉

---------- Forwarded message ----------  
From: Brian P. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
Date: Apr 9, 2007 1:33 PM  
Subject: [urug] Utah programming contest, $20,000 in prizes  
To: Utah Ruby U. Group [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)

Berkeley Data Systems is holding another programmer “deathmatch”  
coding competition this Saturday, April 14th. First prize is a little  
over $10,000, second is over $5,000 and all eight people who make it  
to the final round will win some cash!

Check out the details and sign up at [http://contest.mozy.com/](http://contest.mozy.com/)

IMHO, Ruby users have a huge advantage in competitions like this –  
you can read Pat’s writeup of last November’s contest here:

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