Bluepoint Linux Users Elite (BLUE) in cooperation with the Ateneo de Manila University Department of Information Systems & Computer Science (DISCS), CYWare, Trend Micro, and Bluepoint Foundation concluded the Software Freedom Day CodeFest 2008 today at Faura Hall, Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola Heights, Quezon City.
Bluepoint and CYWare awarded 35,000 pesos worth of training and cash to ultimate coder Galileo Lajara, a third-year college student from STI Marikina. Don Jomar Hombrebueno and Carlos John Sergio Paglinawan of TIP Manila were first and second runner-up, respectively.
| Adamson University | TIP Manila | STI Marikina |
| Diane Pamela Baluyot Jorelle Avendano Joselito Ramon Navera Julianne May Bithao Robinson Ong Ron Karlo Garcia John Renato Salvio Niña Pasia Adviser | Carlos John Sergio Paglinawan Don Jomar Hombrebueno Jorel Rosario Canoy Ralph Bryan Calonzo Ricardo Eugenio Grace Sicat Adviser | Galileo Lajara Donnie Ray Gianchand |
| ACSAT Alabang | ||
| Carlo Pantilano Jack Salas Adviser |
Many thanks to Dr. Pablo Manalastas, Dr. John Paul Vergara, Mark Bautista, William Yu, Isagani Osio, Orly Andico, Carlos Yu, Michael Balcos, and Ryan Baclit for contributing to the success of CodeFest 2008.
