The awards for the 48-hour Linux Programming Championship were presented

The sponsors of the competition presented the prizes to the winners of the 48-hour IBM Software Programming Championships as part of a ceremonial awards ceremony, followed by a humorous presentation, dinner and informal conversation.

The fifth programming competition for university and college students took place on November 2007, 23 from 14 pm to 25 pm on November 14 at XNUMX pm in the Infopark of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics.

Teams from the Károly Eszterházy College in Eger, the Széchenyi István College in Győr, the University of Debrecen, the University of Szeged, the Gábor Dénes College and the Budapest University of Technology and Economics took part in the competition.

The main sponsor of the "Linux48" IBM programming competition series is Avnet Technology Solutions Kft., Other sponsors are R&R Software Zrt., AAM Technologies Kft., T-Logic Kft., Ingram Micro Magyarország, Dension Kft. And Budapesti Műszaki and the University of Economics. In addition, Il Treno and Coca-Cola Beverages Hungary provide student care. Ltd. and Heineken Hungária Nyrt.

The total prize money of the 48-hour programming tournament was almost HUF 2 million. Members of the first place team got richer with a Lenovo ThinkPad laptop, while members of the second and third teams received a PDA as a gift. For his outstanding work, two teams received an Il Treno dinner voucher, while the special award for best design was a microcontroller development kit. The most successful preparatory teacher received a book award.   

Contest organizers and sponsors, regardless of placement, may offer any participant the opportunity to provide additional proof and optional internship or job opportunities.

Award-winning teams:

• 1st place: University of Szeged - GNUmok
  Competitors: Balázs Brinkus, Imre Faragó and Csaba Nagy
  There was no preparatory teacher.
• 2st place: Károly Eszterházy College - Protein
  Competitors: László Gréczi, Roland Pekk and Zsolt Lóránt Zavatszki
  Preparatory teachers: dr. Gábor Krusper and Gergely Kovásznai
• 3st place: Budapest University of Technology and Economics - Albi Rice
  Competitors: András Liter, András Turi and Balázs Zsinkó
  Preparatory teacher: Zoltán Szeless
• Il Treno special prize: Budapest University of Technology and Economics - BBS
  Competitors: Balázs Bakai, Balázs Demény and Kristóf Ralovich
  There was no preparatory teacher.
• Il Treno special prize: Budapest University of Technology and Economics - Hmm!
  Competitors: Jenő Imre Hajdu, Tamás Mezei and Viktor Micskó
  There was no preparatory teacher.
• Best design special award: Károly Eszterházy College - Tapizol
  Competitors: Péter Csirmaz, Zoltán Karancsi and Gergő Sulymosi
  Preparatory teacher: dr. Gábor Krusper

Most effective preparatory teacher: Károly Eszterházy College - dr. Gábor Krusper