[sc-dev] Interested in Summer of Code

[Brian Oppenheim]

To Whom It May Concern:   I am extremely interested in the spreadsheet projects listed on your Google Summer of Code page.  I have a strong interest in mathematics, specifically statistics and would love the opportunity to work on developing the solver component or the statistical data analysis tool.  Both of these projects would be extremely beneficial to the Open Office package, making it more competitive with paid programs with similar features such as Microsoft Excel.  Additionally, I would be so appreciative to gain the programming experience while working for one of my favorite groups of people, the open source community.   To give you a better idea of my background, I would like you to know that I have been an avid programmer in various languages for the past six years and have been focusing on Java for the last two.  Other languages I have worked with include C, C++, Basic, PHP, HTML, Perl, and many others.  I have also been the head webmaster of my high school’s website, www.ahschargers.com for the past four years.  During this time I have worked with the open source program Post Nuke and made modifications and additions in PHP to accommodate the needs of our school’s site.  In the fall, I will be attending my first quarter at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly for short) under the major of B.S. Computer Science.  I know that I would be a huge asset to your team.  Thank you for taking the time to consider my participation in the program.  I look forward to hearing from you soon!   Sincerely, Brian Oppenheim