Developer Programs - Duke Dollars

Q: What is DukeDollars?
A: The Duke Dollars program is Sun's way of thanking our developers who actively participate in the forums and help facilitate the exchange of technical knowledge in the community. Forum users can earn Duke Dollars by answering questions from fellow developers. The forum user from each forum category with the highest number of Duke Dollars each month gets a gift from Sun Developer Network. Of those developers, one will be chosen each month to be profiled on developers.sun.com.

Q: Why Should I Participate?
A: Offering Duke Dollars to other forum members incents them to answer your questions. You can win prizes from Sun by having the highest number of Duke Dollars each month.

Q: How Can I Join?
A: You are automatically enrolled in the Duke Dollars program when you log-in to the SDN forums for the first time. New users are granted 30 Duke Dollars when they first login to any of Sun Developer forums.

Q: How Does It Work?
A: Duke Dollars are typically offered on a forum thread when the original author of the thread wants to encourage active participation and solicit timely answers to their questions.

• Not every forum posting or thread will offer the opportunity to earn Duke Dollars.
• When a user starts a new thread, he has the option to offer up to 10 Duke Dollars to respondents.
• Forums users earn Duke Dollars for their own account by responding to threads that offer Duke Dollars as rewards.
• The thread author determines which response merits the reward, and has full discretion over which respondent is awarded the Duke Dollars.
• The thread author can split the Duke Dollars amongst the posters whose answers he found most helpful, but cannot award himself.
• The forums user that earns the most Duke Dollars each month receives a gift from Sun Developer Network.

Q: How Do I Assign Duke Dollars to a Question?
A:

1. In the forum you want to post a question, click on "Post New Topic".
2. Type in the question and click on "Post".
3. Assign Duke Dollars to the question by clicking on the "Assign Duke Dollars" link.
   
4. Choose the Duke Dollars amount you want to award between 1 and 10.
5. Your question has now been posted with a Duke icon next to it.

Q: How Do I Award Duke Dollars to a User?
A: Once your question has an answer you have the option to award the user by clicking on the Duke .

1. Choose the Duke Dollars amount you want to reward.
2. You can either award the full amount to one user or award multiple users who replied to your question.
3. Follow steps 1 and 2 to award to multiple users.
4. After all the Duke Dollars you assigned to the question have been awarded, the question will no longer have a Duke icon next to it.

Q: Where Do I Go If I Have A Question?
A: If you have any questions or suggestions on the Duke Dollars program, please contact us .