EntitySpaces, LLC is offering $1,000 U.S. dollars to the first person or company to successfully create an EntitySpaces application that runs under Mono version 1.2.5.1 or higher and does so within the constraints of the rules outlined below. We will also make a follow up blog post announcing the winner which could help push traffic to your site if you are interested (and make you famous for at least 15 minutes).

The Rules

1. The Application or Website must use Mono version 1.2.5.1 or higher.
2. The Application must use EntitySpaces 2007 v1119 or higher.
3. The Application must insert, update and delete data from the database using our standard EntitySpaces generated classes via the Save() method.
4. The Application must use the EntitySpaces DynamicQuery API to perform a join and display the results.
5. The Application must be created as an image in the "VMware Virtual Image" file format as found on http://www.mono-project.com/Downloads so that we can run it out of the box with no modifications.
6. The image mentioned above in rule 5 must be submitted on a CD. 
7. All submissions become the property of EntitySpaces, LLC and we reserve the right to make them available for marketing purposes.
8. Your Submission must be received by January 31st, 2008 (only the first working solution submitted by January 31st, 2008 will receive the $1,000 U.S. dollars prize money).

If you are interested write to support@entityspaces.net and we can tell you where to forward your submission.

Most likely this application will use MySql or VistaDB as those are two of the databases we support that run under Mono (others we support might also run under Mono). Also, you might need to use the configless connection support for EntitySpaces configuration information. If you run into issues we are willing to work with you, however we are fairly confident that our assemblies are mono compliant. Of course, the nicer the UI the better, but the idea is to show off EntitySpaces running under Mono.

From mobile devices to large scale enterprise solutions in need of serious transaction support, EntitySpaces can meet your needs. Whether you’re writing an ASP.NET application with medium trust requirements, or a Windows.Forms application, the EntitySpaces architecture is there for you. EntitySpaces is provider independent, which means that you can run the same binary code against any of the supported databases. EntitySpaces is available in both C# and VB.NET. EntitySpaces uses no reflection, no XML files, and sports a tiny foot print of less than 200k. Pound for pound, EntitySpaces is one tough, dependable .NET architecture.

The EntitySpaces Team
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EntitySpaces LLC
Persistence Layer and Business Objects for Microsoft .NET
http://www.entityspaces.net