So yeah, I know that this was discussed last year but I thought I’d just point out that Google have opened up submissions for their Summer of Code project for 2006 at http://code.google.com/soc/mentorfaq.html .
It’d be a great opportunity to get someone involved in the project, although I suspect that we’d be hard pressed to find something on the right scale just yet (although that NetStack port is tempting).
Anyway, I recall (perhaps incorrectly) Mr Phipps saying that he was aware of it too late last year to act on it. I know the devs will all have feelings on this (perhaps I should post to the mailing list as well). Any thoughts?
Information communicated, good night (and happy Easter, Songkran and Pi Lai (New Years in Thailand and Laos) to all who celebrate those)…
Anyway, I recall (perhaps incorrectly) Mr Phipps saying that he was aware of it too late last year to act on it. I know the devs will all have feelings on this (perhaps I should post to the mailing list as well). Any thoughts?
All of the developers should sign up to a community education course, then send in an application. I don’t see anything in the rules preventing this and you could make some pretty decent cash for doing what you’re going to be doing anyway.
Well it’s official, I guess no summer of code for Haiku in 2006? Sad :(, Confused :?, mad :x, and very mad :evil: all at the same time! It would’ve been such a good oppurtunity for the project.
Looking on the projects Google chose, I think I can understandy why the did not take haiku.
I think for Google the SoC is a marketing instrument. So they chose projects a lot of os fans knew.
So I think Haiku will have a better chance next time, when the first Version is releast and Haiku made a name.
yeh I'm as perplexed as you ... Shame on you Google ...
Google doesn’t invent the projects, it justs chooses from those which were proposed. Do we actually know what, if anything, Michael Phipps proposed ?
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OK, so I see that it’s the same vague stuff that was described on the mailing list, “please write a USB and network stack for our unreleased OS”. Well, it’s something I suppose, but it’s not really up to the standard of the projects described on the Summer of Code site.
Google doesn't invent the projects, it justs chooses from those which were proposed. Do we actually know what, if anything, Michael Phipps proposed ?
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OK, so I see that it’s the same vague stuff that was described on the mailing list, “please write a USB and network stack for our unreleased OS”. Well, it’s something I suppose, but it’s not really up to the standard of the projects described on the Summer of Code site.
i suppose it could either be that, or just the overall popularity and success of the project. for instance, wine has vague project descriptions (ie. “pick something cool…”) but depends on student applicants to submit a detailed proposal if they wish to work with wine. haiku could just as easily have done something of this sort, but i suspect since wine is very mature and established, much like the other projects, that google’s choice was made easier by picking someone they’ve previously worked with.
