Microsoft presents the Ultimate Battle: It’s a knock-down, drag-em-out battle between professional and student developers! And it’s your big chance to show the world your awe-inspiring PHP application – on the Windows-based platform! We’ll select one student and one professional coder for the Ultimate Throwdown – a final bout at the “Make Web, Not War” Conference! The winner can take home up to $10,000 in total prize money!Challenge a friend, invite a colleague, ask anyone – get the whole gang in on the Ultimate Throwdown Action.

Professional
Dac Chartrand
VS
Student
Carson Lam



NICK NAME   Sux0r
AGE   34
APP NAME   Sux0r
COMPANY   Trotch Inc.
NICK NAME   wasa
AGE   19
APP NAME   TransitDB
SCHOOL   UBC



Carson Lam, a student from University of British Columbia, is the winner of the Ultimate FTW! Throwdown! His application, TransitDB, revolutionizes the way you navigate the public transport system in the city of Vancouver.

The runner up is Dac Chartrand, a professional developer from Montreal, was a worthy contender with his innovative Naive Bayesian CMS, Sux0r.

The PHP on Windows team would like to say Thank You to all of the registrants for the Ultimate FTW! Throwdown. We received many entries from excellent PHP programmers across Canada. The fight was tight at the main event, “Make Web, Not War”, but TransitDB came out on top in the end. Congratulations Carson Lam!

Pictures and videos coming soon!

 


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Check out who had signed up for the ultimate challenge -- and stay tuned for FTW! Reloaded -- coming soon!


 PROFESSIONAL
NICK NAME   mac
AGE   27
APP NAME   TBD
COMPANY   Rare Method

 STUDENT
NICK NAME   Cindy
AGE   34
APP NAME   TBD
SCHOOL   Seneca College

 



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