Deadline indefinitely extended

We have either not done a good job of raising awareness for the contest or of setting up the submissions@ooocomp.org email address. The result either way is that we have not received any submissions so the awards ceremony is cancelled (and I'm eating the cake). But despair not! You can still download the problem set and have fun solving it. I would particularly recommend the "Treasure Hunt" task which is made up of 9 small puzzles that you might be able to solve in a few minutes but I think provide a really fun challenge.

Less than a month left

Given the number of submissions so far this may be the easiest cake you can get this year. Don't forget — you don't need to be a programmer to participate! If you can handle OpenOffice.org Impress or Microsoft PowerPoint you are fully equipped for this contest. And if not, it's not too late to download OpenOffice.org 3.2.1 today!

Introducing OOoComp

OOoCon, the annual OpenOffice.org conference has always attracted a fun-loving crowd. In 2010 we are introducing OOoComp, an office productivity competition, for the first time to celebrate the amazing feature sets office suits have accumulated and provide you with fun challenges in the months leading up to the conference.

What is an office productivity competition?

As office suits become richer and richer the skills of power users skyrocket. We have seen people use productivity applications in some amazing ways and we ask you to do the same for this competition.

Input and output

For this competition you will have to submit a single OpenDocument Presentation file. It will be judged using OpenOffice.org 3.2, but you can use any tool at hand to create it — Microsoft PowerPoint included. In fact it would be a great victory for the OpenDocument movement to see submissions created with OpenOffice.org-alternatives.

To submit a presentation just mail it to submission@ooocomp.org.

Submissions will be periodically evaluated. You can usually expect a reply with the scores you have collected in each task within a week. Aggregated results will also be posted on this blog. To be notified of results and updates to the problem set please use one of the subscription methods offered.

The problem set is described in a PDF document and refers to a number of data files.

• Download the problem set (including the data files).
• Take a look at the problem set.

Judging and prizes

Some problems that you solve will be scored shortly after submission and scores will be posted here. Based on these scores the top 10 submissions will make it to the finals. These submissions will be presented at OOoCon 2010 and the final tasks will be scored with the help of the audience. For details please see the problem set.

The prizes will be announced at the conference but rest assured there will be cake!

Rules

1. Anybody from anywhere is welcome. Team submissions are also welcome.
2. Please do not use unlicensed material in your submission.
3. By submitting a presentation you agree to its use in promotions related to OOoCon and OpenOffice.org.
4. You can submit multiple times and the last one will count. Make sure it’s the best one!
5. Submissions close at UTC 12:00 (noon), 20th August. We will look at the time of receipt of the email, so make sure to send it in good time.
6. The maximum size for submissions is 100MB. If your submission is too large for an email attachment contact us and we will help you find another way. Please don’t leave this for the last minute though.