How to Enter
Calling all smart client developers! Want to win a cool Visual Studio .NET branded backpack or T-shirt? Want to help the Windows Forms team ship an amazing product? If so, come enter the Bug Reporting Challenge Contest. Its super simple—you find a bug in Windows Forms or ClickOnce, then you file the bug you found using the Microsoft Product Feedback Center. If it's a bug that the Windows Forms or ClickOnce teams fix for Whidbey, or it's a bug we'd like to fix but have to postpone for some reason, then you get 1 credit. Each month we will hand out 1 backpack and 3 T-shirts for the top 4 bug finders. Come back and enter as often as you have a bug.
Why are we doing this, you ask? When we looked at the bug stats filed by the community through the Feedback Center, we found that over 30% of code defect bugs submitted were being fixed in the product. This is a really high number when you remember that the builds the community have are not the most up-to-date ones that the team has (for example, another 30% are not repro by our team—meaning that we already fixed it by the time that the bug came in). We wanted a way to say "thank you" to all the people who have been finding the great bugs in the product that we are fixing, so we came up with this contest.
See below for official contest rules and details...
No purchase necessary. The Challenge is open to any technology enthusiast who has a .NET Passport account and Beta 1 or any later pre-release version of Visual Studio 2005 or any of the Visual Studio Express Edition products ( Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition, Visual C# 2005 Express Edition, Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition or Visual J# 2005 Express Edition). However, residents of the following countries are ineligible to participate: Cuba, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Sudan and Syria. Void where prohibited by law. Employees of Microsoft Corporation, their affiliates, parent company, participating vendors, subsidiaries and advertising and promotion agencies, and anyone working directly on this program, product and promotion and the immediate family members or those living in the same household of each are not eligible. The promotion begins at 12:01 a.m. (PT) on November 15, 2004 and ends at 11:59 p.m. (PT) on May 31, 2005 (the "Entry Period"). Entrants are judged based on the number of eligible* bugs they submit using the Microsoft Product Feedback Center web site during the Entry Period. Results are measured in one category: Greatest number submitted each month: The grand prize winner for each month will receive a WindowsForms branded back pack (Estimated Retail Value, ERV US $50), and the next three highest scoring winners will receive a WindowsForms branded t-shirt (Estimated Retail Value, ERV US $10). * To qualify as eligible, a bug must be unique and reproducible, must relate to WindowsForms, WindowsForms controls or "ClickOnce" deployment and must be fixed or postponed in this release. The first entrant to report each unique bug will receive reporting credit for the purposes of this contest. In the event of a tie for the Grand Prize, the winner will be the entrant who submitted the greater amount of "fixed" bugs. In the event of a tie for the next three places, all tied contestants will receive a prize. The decisions of the Microsoft beta team are final and binding in all matters related to this contest. Microsoft is not responsible for lost, late, misdirected, or illegible entries, interrupted or unavailable network, server or other connections, miscommunications, failed phone or computer hardware or software or telephone transmissions or technical failures, garbled transmissions or other errors of any kind, whether human, technical or electronic. No copies, facsimiles or mechanical reproductions will be accepted. All entries become the property of Microsoft Corporation and will not be returned. All contest prizes will be awarded, provided a qualified number of entries are received in each category. Winners will be notified by e-mail within thirty (30) days. No substitution, transfer, or assignment of prizes permitted, except that Microsoft reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value if the prize is unavailable. All taxes on a prize, (including but not limited to duties, VAT, withholding taxes) if any, are solely the responsibility of the winner. Entrants agree to abide by the terms of these official rules and by the decisions of Microsoft, which are final and binding on all matters pertaining to the Challenge. The Challenge is governed by the laws of the United States. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. All prize claims are subject to verification. Prize winners may be required to execute an affidavit of eligibility and liability/publicity release within fourteen (14) days following attempted notification and non-US winners may be required to complete and return a W8-BEN form. In case of non-compliance or, if a selected potential winner cannot be contacted, is ineligible, fails to claim a prize, or fails to return the completed and executed Affidavits and Releases, as required, or if the prize notification or prize is returned as undeliverable, an alternate winner will be selected. Acceptance of a prize constitutes permission for Microsoft to use winner's name and likeness for advertising and promotional purposes without compensation, unless otherwise prohibited by law. By entering, participants release and hold harmless Microsoft, their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, employees and agents from any and all liability or any injuries, loss or damage of any kind arising from or in connection with this game or any prize won. If for any reason the Internet portion of the program is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of Microsoft which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Challenge, Microsoft reserves the right at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process, and to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Challenge. All prizes will then be awarded, in a random drawing from all entries received prior to such a suspension. Microsoft assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, entries. Microsoft is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer on line systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software, failure or any e-mail or entry to be received by Microsoft on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any web site, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to participant's or any other person's computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials in this Challenge. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE GAME IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH SWEEPSTAKES ENTRANT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. The names of the winners will be posted on the Internet at http://msdn.microsoft.com/smartclient/challenge approximately 10 days after each monthly prize period. This Sweepstakes is sponsored by Microsoft, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052.Official Rules
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