McTim, On 11 September 2010 14:43, McTim <[email protected]> wrote:
> There is an African centric version at > > http://code.google.com/codejam/africa > > First, this isn't the same as GSoC. It's for a wider audience. > Perhaps this is why there aren't any folk from EA in the bigger contest. > Second, http://www.go-hero.net/jam/10/regions 2 Ugandans. 5 Kenyans. 0 Tanzanians. None passed the qualifiers... <http://www.go-hero.net/jam/10/regions> > > Plus, it's a contest and not a sure thing. > True. But how many have entered the contest? > -- > 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. Ndikuwera" <[email protected] > >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> > >>> > Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 21:25:20 > >>> > To: Linux Users Group Uganda<[email protected] > >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> > >>> > Reply-To: Linux Users Group Uganda <[email protected] > >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> > >>> > Subject: Re: [LUG] Google summer of code > >>> > > >>> > _______________________________________________ > >>> > LUG mailing list > >>> > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > >>> > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > >>> > > >>> > LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > >>> > > >>> > All Archives can be found at > >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > >>> > > >>> > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them > >>> (including attachments if any). 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