I agree; even I'd like to do my project anyway (Email client). That there is support from OLPC is very encouraging.
I just have this pesky internship requirement from my university which has to be fulfilled this summer but hopefully OLPC would be good with considering me a 'remote intern' Let's see :-) crosvera wrote: > Hello people: > > Frist I need to congratulate the people who are selected > "CONGRATULATIONS!!!!". > > Second, me like a rejected student, I was thinking that I will develop > my app anyway, because the main idea of GSoC is get involved and keep > helping. So for that reason I think that me an every > rejected-GSoC-Student needs keep going with the OLPC project and > helping :) > > Cheers... and congratulation again for the selected students :) > > see you... soon! > > On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 7:03 PM, Samuel Klein <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Thank you to everyone who applied; we had roughly 35 great > applications this year, all of which will receive laptops via our > developer's program. I've also proposed that OLPC fund some of > the other top-ranked applications, and a few of you have been > asked about taking on an OLPC internships instead. > > The application and discussion process has been great for > brainstorming, and for matching potential mentors with coding > experience with new developers -- this has been the best part of > the month so far for me. Within OLPC, we have spent many fruitful > evenings discussing where some of the proposed activities or > projects fall within the framework of existing efforts (some of > the results of which have made their way to the list). > > On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 1:35 PM, Jameson Chema Quinn > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Of course, the automatic dev program enrollment and laptop > would be great, and if actual internships are in the offing > that would be great too; but I am talking here about some > official title/award (words for your resume) for those that > complete a project off some list of "we agree, this is a great > idea, and we have a mentor for you". (This is not just a hint > for my own benefit - actually, as an older student, this would > be less important for me than what I imagine it would be for > the younger students with good projects). > > > I couldn't agree more :) We are setting up such a program, > specially for the great activity proposals, which we hope will > become more common over the course of the year and not only in > summertime; stay tuned. > > SJ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gsoc mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/gsoc > > > > > -- > Carlos Ríos V. > Estudiante de Ing. de Ejec. en Comp. e Inf. > Universidad del Bío-Bío > VIII Región, Chile > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Gsoc mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/gsoc > _______________________________________________ Server-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel