In what way do you see the GSoC as a contest? Not everyone who wants to be selected is, but once you are selected there is no competition involved.
Tim On 11 September 2010 12:43, McTim <[email protected]> wrote: > There is an African centric version at > > http://code.google.com/codejam/africa > > Perhaps this is why there aren't any folk from EA in the bigger contest. > > Plus, it's a contest and not a sure thing. > -- > Cheers, > > McTim > "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A > route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel > > > On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 12:51 PM, faizal seif <[email protected]> wrote: >> Ya ithink thats the true idea, am faisal and am due to graduate next >> year.. but i lack updates, there is knowledge on things like >> that..Some good people bt they dont know. >> >> On 9/11/10, Janosch Maier <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I think the interest of the students is there. At least that was my >>> impression at the LUG+Google+Python event. >>> >>> To me it seems, as if the most people (in general) and students (in this >>> special case) don’t know that things like the GSoCs are there and not >>> just for make Google look good, but as a possibility for them. >>> >>> Janosch >>> >>> Am 10.09.2010 23:40, schrieb Peter C. Ndikuwera: >>>> I'm a contributor on Amarok and I've seen some of the GSoC proposals for >>>> improving it. At the risk of generalization, I haven't met a university >>>> student doing IT/Computing who can express themselves well enough to >>>> write any of the many proposals for improving Amarok. >>>> >>>> The other issue I've seen is that our local students don't believe they >>>> can actually *compete* with "those out there". (This is a broader >>>> sociological issue I think) I've received huge disbelief when I've >>>> talked about some of the OSS projects I've debugged on, or contributed >>>> to. And, in a wider context, I've not contributed on any project where >>>> there was another African contributor! Hmm.... >>>> >>>> Maybe as Badru's said, we need to find a way to encourage our local >>>> students to engage in Open Source. Maybe LUG doing something at >>>> universities like a LUG Summer of Code? :-) I'd be willing to contribute >>>> a little money to that. >>>> >>>> P. >>>> >>>> "Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length" >>>> -- Robert Frost >>>> >>>> >>>> On 10 September 2010 23:40, Tim Schofield <[email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>> >>>> The thing with the GSoC is that the rewards are large. There is the >>>> USD5000 for a few months work, and the GSoC is one of the main >>>> recruiting methods for Google. Thats why its strange no one seems >>>> interested >>>> >>>> Tim >>>> >>>> On 10 September 2010 21:18, <[email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>> > Peter >>>> > >>>> > You are probably very close to the truth. I do believe we have >>>> many brilliant minds in the region however they are not well focused >>>> and I suppose that responsibility falls on pioneers like you to help >>>> show how these guys can contribute. >>>> > >>>> > The sharing spirit is not common unfortunately so the task is to >>>> find ways of creating. >>>> > >>>> > Regards >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone from Zain Uganda >>>> > >>>> > -----Original Message----- >>>> > From: "Peter C. 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