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You had to pay a fee? To create things for free?

• minimaxir 11y ago
  Hackathons are not free to run at any significant scale. (especially when prizes are involved) Usually, the costs are covered by sponsors, and I can't find any indication that there were sponsors for this event. EDIT: Comment is incorrect; there were sponsors, see child comment.
  • vnchr 11y ago
    The event was sponsored. Local folks and some national brands like Comcast and 5-hour energy. Winner gets a $5k prize. Here is the event detail. http://www.automationalley.com/Events/Calendar/Event-Detail.aspx?uniqueid=16840 http://www.automationalley.com/Events/Calendar/Event-Detail....
    • vnchr 11y ago
      And the organizers have deleted the event details here (10pm EST)
  • zimbatm 11y ago
    Sure but hiring developers is also not free, the price is just more evenly distributed.