Re: Why Google funds open source development?

2005-08-16 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who=Quim Gil All the (very few) infos I've read about the Summer of Code talk about free projects, young developers and money... but they don't mention why Google is funding them. Chris Dibona (who is running SoC and Google's Open Source efforts) says they love Open Source, use Open

Re: Why Google funds open source development?

2005-08-16 Thread David Neary
Hi, Quim Gil wrote: Sorry for the wide topic, but considering thet GNOME has got a Google's Summer of Code fund I think this is an appropriate list to ask. It would perhaps have been better to ask Google... ;) Why Google is funding open source development? Why Google is funding GNOME? Just

Re: Why Google funds open source development?

2005-08-16 Thread Quim Gil
Thanks Chris for this quick and concise answer. Also thanks for the Summer of Code itself. I'll try to remember this answer in 5 years time. :) Quim En/na Chris DiBona ha escrit: Hi. 1) We like open source. 2) We like open source people, including Gnomers (gnomites? Gnomes?) 3) We use