Conducting challenge events

A computer program product, comprising a read-only memory (ROM) hard-wired into an apparatus that includes a processor, said ROM having computer readable program code stored therein, said program code containing instructions which, upon being executed by the processor, implement a method for obtaining, from conducting a challenge event, a computer code that supports software development for a client computer, said apparatus being a special purpose machine specific to the method due to the ROM being hard wired into the apparatus, said method comprising:

• said processor communicating, to a plurality of participants, the challenge event in a form of an event specification;
• said processor receiving from each participant of the plurality of participants a proposal for a solution that meets the event specification;
• said processor choosing only one participant from the plurality of participants, said choosing based on the proposal previously received from each participant;
• after said choosing the only one participant, said processor receiving the solution in a form of a computer code from the chosen only one participant;
• said processor validating the received solution for quality and accepting the received solution;
• and
• in response to said validating and accepting the received solution, said processor delivering the received solution to the client computer, said received solution configured to be used by the client computer to support software development for the client computer.

A computer system comprising an apparatus, said apparatus comprising a processor and a read-only memory (ROM) hard-wired into the apparatus, said ROM containing program code which, upon being executed by the processor, implements a method for obtaining, from conducting a challenge event, a computer code that supports software development for a client computer, said apparatus being a special purpose machine specific to the method due to the ROM being hard wired into the apparatus, said method comprising:

• said processor communicating, to a plurality of participants, the challenge event in a form of an event specification;
• said processor receiving from each participant of the plurality of participants a proposal for a solution that meets the event specification;
• said processor choosing only one participant from the plurality of participants, said choosing based on the proposal previously received from each participant;
• after said choosing the only one participant, said processor receiving the solution in a form of a computer code from the chosen only one participant;
• said processor validating the received solution for quality and accepting the received solution;
• and
• in response to said validating and accepting the received solution, said processor delivering the received solution to the client computer, said received solution configured to be used by the client computer to support software development for the client computer.