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Google Launches Summer of Code
chrisd writes "We're very happy to launch the Summer of Code today, and I thought Slashdot readers would be interested and might even help us spread the word (We have a flyer, even). The program is designed to give computer science, and other, students a stipend ($4500) while they learn to release and create open source software. We're working with a variety of Open Source software foundations and organizations and we hope to sign up around 200 developers. We hope the end result will be more open source developers! I'll be pleased to answer questions in the comment stream about this program. Thanks!"
On Slashdot! This never happens!
Cool, now I have the reason to release my echo 'Hello World'; script under GPL.
another google story
is there any way to filter these out?
Hopefully this venture will fare better than the Summer Of George.
- "Hear that?! The percolations are imminent! Cease your ingress!"
And it shows:
Isn't it unusual for Open Source developers to be paid?
No, it isn't unuusal at all.
I think it's wonderful Google is doing something like this. Then again, I don't think Google has done much that could be considered wrong as of late. There are two good rules of business that so many modern industries seem to forget. 1) Make a good product, which so far Google seems to be doing well, and 2) Don't make it a hassle for your customers to do business with you. If only other tech companies followed those two simple rules, they probably would be faring much better. If the recording industry followed these rules, they would . . . well, that's not going to happen any time soon.
The one question I have is this: Why just students? Sure, it's always good to help out students (especially with money), but there are a lot of people out there who are doing this stuff on their own. You don't have to be in school to be trying to learn coding or work in open source (some of us do it as a hobby). This really isn't meant to be a complaint, it's a serious question, and I'm sure there is a good answer out there I just don't happen to know what it is.
The Internet is generally stupid
what gives?
"Is this just useless, or is it expensive as well?"
I thought Slashdot readers would be interested WRONG!!
Hold on a moment. They are offering Slashdotters money to program open source! How is that not right up the alley of "News for Nerds" and "Stuff that Matters?"
Javascript + Nintendo DSi = DSiCade
I.e. that if you work hard and write really good software, you will be paid fairly well for your efforts?
The day's not over, still plenty of time to add a new one, or even dupe a couple! I hear Slashdot just increased their index to 8 billion a few months ago.
Wow, it must suck to be you. Let me know how far a sad, cynical attidude ever gets you, ok?
Holy hell... a t-shirt? I mean the cash, well I know Google has a ton of that, but where on earth are they finding these T-shirts to spare!? I hope they technology behind these Tees is open sourced, and machine washable. Think of how much further I could take my undergrad degree if I had a free t-shirt...
This is GREAT step forward for Google and I hope that many other companies will follow Google's lead. IBM? Sun?
Agile Artisans
Is there a t-shirt involved? Yes, participants will also receive a t-shirt for taking part. We will need your size after your application is accepted. The T-Shirt will not be shipped until you have completed your development work. This is how OSS devs get paid.
When exactly is the application deadline?
The "summer of code" page says June 24th. The pdf linked from there says June 14th.
('Course if those were reversed I could've made some smart assed comment about the extra 10 days accounting for Adobe's pdf reader to launch).
What an asshole. This is REAL and interesting news. Far better than the crapola "rumors" that are usually posted. Mod parent down for being a jackass.
Javascript + Nintendo DSi = DSiCade
Lacking a date on the flyer, I don't know if this is Google's fault or it just took a while to hit slashdot. Good idea, anyway.
"Prepare for the worst - hope for the best."
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What's the point of this, really? Why is Google suddenly so interested in fostering open source? And why only students? More pliable to the idea of giving your work away?
And I am definitely going to enter, as soon as I have a suitable idea. To hell with the money (although it is nice, I'll probably buy a Xbox 360 + games with it), I'd do it just for the chance to have "Google Project Assistant/Implementor" on my resume. Although, a bigger list of organizations would be nice. I hope more open source organizations jump in.
This looks like a really interesting project. I've often wanted to get into open source development, but the most I've done is to submit a minor bugfix to a project. What seems nice about this project is that it gives some direction on how to get started. I think the idea of hooking a student up with experienced developers also adds to this direction. The problem I've found when trying to contribute to open source software is that few people seem willing to help you get started. .NET so my options are kind of limited :(
I'm definitely thinking of applying, but why GNOME and the perl foundry but no KDE or Java Foundry? never been fond of Perl or GTK+ myself, and I don't know anything about Python or
Famous Last Words: "hmm...wikipedia says it's edible"
They are offering Slashdotters money to program open source! How is that not right up the alley of "News for Nerds" and "Stuff that Matters?"
You're right, it does involve sodomy after all...
Our parents had the "Summer of Love", where they all flocked to San Francisco etc. to do drugs and have sex, and all we get is this lousy "Summer of Code", where we get to DO WORK on our summer vacation?!?
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
It would be great if people submit ideas for working on Blender http://www.blender3d.org/
It is advancing at a breakneak pace already and already provides superb functionality, but more coders is always welcome,
LetterRip
Isn't it funny that the apps that google owns requires a version of windows to run? How is google a supporter of open source when i use it, don't contribute to is, nor do they support open source OS's
There are 10 kinds of people in the world - those who understand binary and those who don't
Hi Chris, what are the restrictions as far as countries go. Can a Canadian student apply? *I wish I was a student right now*
This is spectacular. I mean talk about giving back to the community. I wish that google would pay the students on a bi-weekly basis though. When I was a student I would have leaped at this opportunity, but the lack of a stream of cash would have made it extremely difficult to take.
It is more of a motivator to give the cash in one lump sum at the end of the summer, and it reduces the possibility for fraud, but many students need cash to scrape by.
Anyways, go google, I hope these 200 student developers do amazing things over this summer!
WOW, That really IS news to me! I thought Slashdotters liked all of the above.
... and in the DRM, bind them.
I hope that Google is tapping young brilliant minds for good and not evil.
What if I want to apply and am in high school? Do I wait until I reach >18?
Does anyone know the record for the number of Google stores in a 24 hour span on slashdot by any chance?
Along with Amazon, Red Hat, etc. Google is not a profitable company. When the life-long investment is exceeded by the life-long revenue they will be.
I already launched the Summer of Skot I blogged it first, so I win right?
It's very simple. Students are simply cheap labor. Google is spending a tiny bit of cash with the hopes that they'll get some very, very cheap code. Most grown-ups (ie: non-students) simply can't afford to develop open source software unless they are independently wealthy.
I don't respond to AC's.
A shill for Google? If any other company were putting up close to a million dollars in bounty money for open-source development, it'd be huge news. Hell, Novell offered $25000 in GNOME bounties a year ago and we got at least two separate /. stories about it. This is exactly the sort of news for nerds that /. exists to report (as are, incidently, both of the other Google stories on the FP). Should /. just start rejecting all stories pertaining to Google, just because Google is working on a lot of cool stuff?
It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.
The enemy slips into our beds.
Gates purchased the rights to QDOS for $50,000 and churned it into a multi-billion dollar business.
Now... Google wants to give you a measely $4500 for a software product that may reap them millions or billions!
So instead of hacking (in the machette sense) in perl all summer in an internship I could be writing code in a language of my choice for a project of my choice? (more or less). For money? You google people have to tell me about these things sooner.
Why not fork?
I read through Google's participant FAQ, and I didn't see anything barring High School students from participating in the Summer of Code. It seems that as long as you're a Student of some sort, you are well versed in developing code, and have a listed mentor organization that will take you in, you are eligable!
The day aint over
I wasn't a fanboy when Sega was around, and by god, I'm not one now.
Where's "recoding slashdot's html and css"?
I might be interested in this -- well, except for the slight problem that I don't qualify as a student any more -- but do they really expect $4500 to attract much interest? Given that the $4500 is split between $500 for "startup costs" and a $4000 "reward" if the project is "successfully completed", Google is really asking people to work for two months for a chance at winning $4000 -- and we all know how few software projects actually complete on time, so there are quite significant odds of the participants not getting anything.
I like the idea in principle, but I really don't think the details make sense.
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Imagine, a big multi-billion dollar corporation spending almost no money for free open source code it can use to make even more money.
did you forget to take your meds?
You've even worked on it a bit during your comp.sci. classes, but it's not done, nor is it quite working.
Where would you submit something like that?
I ask because along with a friend, I have been working on what we believe to be a highly innovative application for a neural network, that - if we can get it working - you will definately love to have.
Problem is two-fold:
1) It's in the proof-of-concept stage, and our first attempt failed to even be a proof. We think this was due to crappy data to start with
2) It's not something that fits naturally into any of the mentioned organizations. The closest is Apache, but that's purely because they have a ton of Java-applications already.
The most "natural" organization for our idea, would probably be Google itself.
So what should we do?
We do not live in the 21st century. We live in the 20 second century.
If I had mod points they'd be yours. :]
So what if this is the third Google post today - they're making news.
This is a great idea and a huge help to open to source. You actually RTFA, they're working with a lot of other major open source programs on this - the work isn't going directly to google.
It's basically giving students and internship with an open source foundation, something that doesn't seem like it was a huge option before.
I know I'd go for it if I hadn't already found employment this summer.
for those of us in the southern hemisphere ..... hopefully Google will be having two 'summers of code' this year to encourage all comers ....
Duh! You just summarized why they hit up students for free code: They're cheap! $4500 to a college kid going to a state school that his parents paid for is a *mint*. That's heavy drugs for a semester, or tuition if they have to pay their own way. That's the whole point. That's why companies fire experienced workers and hire young students: they're cheap and naive. $4500 wouldn't get me to even comment an open source program, never mind develop one.
I don't respond to AC's.
I think this is a very grand move by Google, so don't take this the wrong way, but what about trying to provide some money to people who are already coding Open Souce Software, and who do so purely for the love of it, and who could otherwise really use the money?
There are a lot of "starving coders" out there who are working in Open Source. Indeed, in several of my projects I tend to find that some of the better developers are those who have lost their jobs, or who have had to take some other job, and who want to keep their coding skills fresh by working on a project, doing the type of coding they really want to do.
These are the people I'd send money to first. They're already producing Open Source code, and for the vasst majority of them, nobody is lining up to throw money at them like this.
Think about this: how many of these students who receive this stipend will wind up continuing to contribute to the Open Source community after they graduate? I'm willing to bet that the ones who are likely to willingly participate in an Open Source project and who have an aptitude for it are already doing so, and are already somewhat aware of what Open Source means, and how Open Source projects are administered and maintained. For the others, what guaranteee is it that the money is well spent? What if they get their money, fulfill the requirements of the award, and then never produce or contribute to an Open Source project again?
I think Google's gesture is grand -- but maybe they should start rewarding some of the existing foot soldiers of Open Source before offering OSS "recruitment bonuses" to people who may never contribute anything useful to the OSS movement/codebase.
Brad BARCLAY
Lead Developer & Project Administrator,
The jSyncManager Project (and several others).
I'd love to add the KDE league.
Chris
Co-Editor, Open Sources
Open Source Program Manager, Google, Inc.
Where is it?
Never learn by your mistakes, if you do you may never dare to try again
Is this for the kids or can an old fart take part in the contest?
I been going to school part-time for the last four years to learn programming while working the last seven years as a software tester. I got my A+, Network+, and MCP certifications, and I should have my Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA) at the end of summer. If I can do the hamster dance for the dean, and get my i's and t's taken care of on the paperwork, I should get my A.S. degree in computer programing (my second associate degree) at the end of the year.
After scanning the contest page, I'm not sure if being an old fart would disqualify me or not. Then again, maybe I should spend my summer learning how to compromise Windows server as if they were hacked from the outside to ensure job security at my next job. Go figure.
In 1975, a College Kid eventually earned 100 billion dollars making software to sell.
In 1995, another College Kid eventually earned a billion dollars making software to sell.
In 2005, the best a College Kid can hope for is $4500 bucks from Google.
Sounds to me like open source is an excuse to rip developers off.
This is my sig.
Excellent idea to have them write a product specification, than have to MEET the spec to get paid.
What keeps non-students from using students they know to get money out of it and visa-versa?
Today Google googled the google and google googly google google. "Google google", googled Google-google, "and google the google on the google over the google". However, google the googly google on the google whereas the google on the google over the google, or google under the google? "Google is dah google", googled Google, "google google my google and shnizzle my nizzle." Whereas google the google at google, most googlers google google to google the googly google. Google google or google google google? This the google google google.
In other news, it was revealed that Slashdot "editors" (an oxymoron?) have purchased shares of Google and are attempting to raise awareness of the company to increase the shareholder price. Once the price has reached a maximum value, the share holders will sell and make a tidy profit.
nice flame, how much did MS pay you for that one. sorry to inform you, but... that _is_ news. it'll help some kids complete their schooling. its not always easy to get enough aid to pay for it. ive several friends that had to drop out simply because they had run out of means to afford it, and though this might not pay for all of it, it sure would help them, and the target amount would seem alot more atainable.
Google's stock took off today, up 11.27 (4.24%) to 277.27.
I notice a lot of negative comments on this, thus far. I would like to say "Thanks" to Google, and all participating organizations. I just submitted my application to *hopefully* take part in this. I have always wanted to get into programming in the Open Source world, but never knew where to start. Having a "mentor" for the intimidated (like myself) is a great idea.
This is fantastic - nice work to those who hatch the idea and created this great project.
I'm surprised to see that the Mozilla Foundation isn't on the list of participating organizations. Seems they'd be a good fit.
Anyhow, bravo!
Hey Chris,
Great to hear about this project.
I have just created a Firefox extension for my dissertation, and I'd like to make it open-source. The extension is a toolbar that spiders opinions on commercial websites from friends and friends-of-friends (a social network is built). It gives the user a trust rating for the site currently being browsed.
Would this project qualify?
Chris
See that link on my post that says "Parent"?
This is where you go "Oh." and apologize.
Javascript + Nintendo DSi = DSiCade
Google thought up a way to get people to work on the parts of open source noone actually wants to work on, but people need. They will write specs, then pay the people that do the work.
It's called a job.
But this is Google, so it's not just a job... oh wait, it is.
- Adam L. Beberg - The Cosm Project - http://www.mithral.com/
At first this seemed really awesome. However soon my optimism was squashed because first you must work on a project that has been listed by a sponsor. If you read through the lists these may be useful projects, but not exactly something you would have fun doing over the summer. Secondly existing open souce projects can't get funded, and I am not about to drop my existing project. Oh well.
Philosophy.
Friendly fire isn't very friendly.
Some of us live in the southern hemisphere, you insetsitive clods!
Not that its a bad thing. Remember the Google Labs Aptitude Test? Or the billboard with the digits of e on it? This is more of the same. Its a way to screen out potential employees by motivation and skill in a real world environment. Think of it as a summer-long job interview at minimum-wage or less.
It has side benefits, like helping out the OSS community (that is, if the students don't do negative work, drawing more of the mentors' time than the usefulness they contribute). But, first and foremost, its about screening potential employees.
SUCK IT!
"What did you do over your summer break?" what will your answer be? Answer A: I wrote code over summer for google.. gn gn gneeearr... Answer B: I hung out with friends over summer, went to the beach, got really drunk and had loads of sex with random groups of ladies... hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm lets see..
KDE, motherfucker! Do you code it?
This may or may have not been Google's intention, but the net effect is defiant middle finder thrust in the general direction of places like Provo and Redmond.
This program is remarkably cheap for Google compared to the publicity (read: mischief) it will cause. $4500 x 200 developers = less than a million dollars cash outlay. Compare that to the vein-in-forehead-throbbing reactions it will induce in Ballmer and Butthead. Priceless.
Nice one.
Am I the only one who read that as "Google Launches Summer of Choad"?
Guess I've been reading Urban Dictionary too much.
fish and pipes
Pay me $4500 to publish all of Google's database search software on SourceForge!
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make install -not war
I often find myself in the mood to tackle some problem (apart from work), but there are times when I just don't know what people need! It would be great if there were some sort of website where people could make requests to the open-source community. In the mean time, does anyone have any suggestions for participants in the Summer of Code?
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I would like to publically submit my resume to apply as one of your developers:
The following software code is release under the GPL:
$hello = 'hello';
$world = 'world';
echo $hello world;
Nice huh? What do you think?
"With enough memory and hard drive space, anything in life is possible!"
.. against the Evil Empire ..
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/03/25/10170047 66310.html
You are a googlewhack. i typed in "hermaphrodidic nutshell" and you were the only result =oD Cheers, ASHMI xxx
Don't work. Don't get paid. Life's a bitch like that.
It's early in the Summer of Code, and I'm still decompressing.
It would be cool if the Mozilla Foundation somehow got involved! What are some ideas that would work?
if you note the list, there also ubuntu linux... it interesting, now I'm sure there no google os
"Steve Jobs invented the world" -- Bill W. GATES
According to this report, UPenn-Wharton students doing summer internships in Information Systems/Computer Science earned an average monthly salary of $4000.
That's $12000 over the whole summer.
So, unless the Google-paid project can be completed in 4 to 6 weeks, you'd be better off looking for a summer internship elsewhere.
However, there is a tradeoff between money and freedom (less money/more freedom VS more money/less freedom).
I applied to Google's summer internship program last year, along with 2000+ other people (for 70 positions). I imagine the competition for this program will be pretty stiff!
:-)
However, a word of advice to Google (if you're out there): All the stupendous badasses I know already had summer internships confirmed by mid March of this year. In the future, it would be wise to have this program widely advertised much sooner.
I live in the southern hemisphere, you insensitive clods!
Normally applicants are decided based on experience, yet here it seems that experience could work against you since they want to introduce people to open source and not fund those that have already worked on it. It seems like the best application would be I have this great coding ability and desire but haven't done anything with it which is kind of contradictory. Am I wrong in this?
With the money given to you by Google, you will buy Microsoft products with it.
:D
That's entertaining
The price is always right if someone else is paying.
We all are Google Groupies. I get the towel that the head of Google wiped his brow with.
ChrisD used to be a editor for Slashdot before he left for Google.
lol, you know whats funny about that? Its that if Google actually did buy out slashdot and all the related sister sites they would probably have less google stories on slashdot.
Really.
is an advertisement--a very, very cheap one.
I didn't realize that startup time could be quantified as weight.
No, you're right. Now that I've thought about it, you probably could weigh the time it takes Acrobat to start. (at least the 6.x series)
Yes, one day I may actually learn to spell...
Um, yeah, but you get a t-shirt, too.
who is not a student anymore there is hackathon..
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http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=200505
How about we mod your parent down for giving birth to you.
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...that there's so much discussion here! Especially considering that Google set up a Group for it anyway!
Don't thank God, thank a doctor!
Are graduate students considered eligible students? (e.g. summer between completed undergraduate degree and upcoming Master's program). Yes, I need money.
Is a programmer eligible for this if they already have been developing open source software? In other words, they already have experience working with OSS projects and producing public code.
-Union Boss
Can students from UK (or to generalize - non-USA) universities participate? Would you still pay the equivalent amount in their home currency? Thanks Simon
I assume this is a way for Google to scout out talent they might have otherwise missed? The money would be nice but what I'd really love is a job offer from Google. I haven't a PhD but I can still crank out some cool code and I have lots of experience. Will someone that can hire be looking at these projects? I've been trying to get their attention for a long time.
At what price learning? At what cost wisdom? The price is a man's peace of mind, and the cost is his life.
If Google really wanted to attract the most talented students, they needed to advertise this MUCH earlier. College has been out for a month in parts of the country, and over two weeks for others. The prime time college students agree to internships is FEBURARY through APRIL, and students have already committed their time to those internships. While people can do Summer of Code on the side, certainly, a lot of people may be bound by, say, "no moonlighting" or "non-compete" contracts now that might forbid them from joining the project of their choice. (Additionally, provisions could have been worked into the contract to allow for the summer of code, had they thought to do so before signing the contract.)
I am a student, and I start work at Microsoft as an intern tomorrow. (Oh, quit your booing - they have a good internship program for learning CS.) While Summer of Code sounds wonderful for me, I feat the contract I've already signed with the Borg will prevent me from participating - had I known this was available, I may have just planned to work on this and a research project back on campus, or at least argued to make the MS contract more permissive of this type of work (assuming it was unrelated to my project).
I mean, not to take anything away from this. But for this to reach its true potential, Summer 2006 should be sent to computer science departments in February 2006, not June 2006.
http://wiki.python.org/moin/CodingProjectIdeas :e ct
-CleanupUrlLibProject
-ProfileReplacementProj
-MakeXmlrpclibAsynchronous
-Virtual Girlfriend
-..
While you're young, get outside and enjoy the weather! You have plenty of time later on to stay cooped up in an office coding wishing you were young!
and $4500 stretches out to something like 10 years of living expenses for a Nigerian house. Or maybe 1 year out in India. You get the idea. I checked the rules and it says "we're looking to find developers around the world". Not just the US.
I wonder how long $4500 would last you in Brazil or Argentina?
From the faq:
Is there a t-shirt involved?
Yes, participants will also receive a t-shirt for taking part. We will need your size after your application is accepted. The T-Shirt will not be shipped until you have completed your development work.
I haven't seen that list recently, but presumably it counts me out since I live in England and we illigally invaded Iraq a couple of years ago ... can someone remind me of the name of the other big country that was involved ?
They say that they are doing this to help teach students, but all of their projects require many years of experience! How is an inexperienced college programmer meant to implement a bluetooth driver in Ubunto Linux, for example.
I think the standard method is to sum the forces produced by the repeated pounding of one's head against the keyboard. The standard for calibration is Mac OS 8 on a Classic II.
"Ladies and gentlemen, my killbot features Lotus Notes and a machine gun. It is the finest available."
It was about time they gave something back to the OSS comunity from with they took the sourcecode and gave nothing back but a product they make money on.
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Yes, I understand that that is according to the GPL, but giving that little back over the millios they made? To me it looks like an inderectly payed advertisement on
(Oh boy. I am saying something against Google. Negative mods will be mine)
Don't fight for your country, if your country does not fight for you.
I was gonna try and fit a Soviet Russia joke in there but I felt it would detract from my post.
My 3D Texturing Skinning work (under construction)
Or we could just call it cheap PR/Advertising?
When I go to http://code.google.com/summerofcode.html I get the microsoft IIS 404 error "this page cannot be found..." etc.
Any other incorrect URL at code.google.com goes to the google specific 404 error.
Anyone else notice this?
I was already contributing to open source projects before the summer even began, so uh.. Where's my money?
Anyone have any ideas for projects for this? The FAQ mentions they have funds for 200 students and yet the organization pages have far less projects than that.
Good chance to volunteer some ideas and maybe get someone to implement them for you in an OSS manner.
The program is designed to give computer science, and other, students a stipend ($4500) while they learn to release and create open source software.
No, I'm afraid you have it all wrong. Releasing and then creating is how closed-source companies work, not open-source. And no, I'm going to take the high road and not provide 50 vaporware links.
Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Teach him to fish and he'll wipe out the species.
Maybe I didn't put enough details in, oh well, the force will be with me, and with you as well.
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Why? Because I got some disrepectful asshole modded into oblivion? Do you LIKE trolls or what? What's with the sudden groundswell support for the scum of the earth? This article is REAL news worth REAL attention. Not some Google-lovefest as claimed. You people can be such jerks.
Javascript + Nintendo DSi = DSiCade
Have you contacted the Slash admins about the 78 open bugs and 171 feature requests they have open on their SourceForge page? It would be nice for a project covered on Slashdot to fix bugs or add features to Slashdot.
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what sort of developers are you looking for. I am a first year computer science student so I qualify, however I have no experience of working on a large project, my coding skills are pretty basic and I only know a few languages. Could I still apply or are you looking for more experienced people than me?
Isn't it amazing to watch all of the well thought out ass-kissing posts from people who know a Google employee is reading this thread?
Ooh! Oooh! If I brown nose hard enough maybe he'll notice me and I will have a contact inside Google, and then one day I'll be able to ditch my current job and WORK AT GOOGLE!
Because Google is the BESTEST EVER. It's like the dot.com mania is back, except it's just one company instead of hundreds. All my friends who laughed at me when I tried to get rich quick with dot.coms but failed, well, I'll show them! I'll get rich with Google!
Wow, this sounds really cool. If only I were a better programmer and better at coming up with ideas for projects....
Time to browse around looking for good ideas!
Look here for Acrobat load speedup tips. Or, um, Google it ;)
Disclaimer: I was motivated to find this for my Windows work machine as OS X's Preview.app loads PDF's like nobody's business.
You'd think someone smart enough to work at Google would have thought of a second account! ;)
They are not just spending the money to see open source innovation....its basically just another way for them to recruit students with good programming ability. Why else do you think its only available to students? This is really just a fancy recruitment drive with open source as an excuse to keep the "do no evil" flag flying.
It was a nice try, but you still can't slashdot google.
Is Google laying down a good framework for mentoring?
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http://www.geocities.com/totierne/FreeTuition.htm
So far I have about 40 hits and 1 person in the program, and he knew me anyway, its hard to give away stuff these days!
I should join someone elses program rather than start my own. One student may be enough to keep my skills fresh, and give me a supervisory role. I will release any content we develop including but not limited to code, content that does not irritate my employer of course.
Be Free: Free Software Tuition
I'm a CS student... and have been interested in doing some open source work. This seems like a good chance for me to get started. I'm a little apprehensive because I've never done any open source work. Is this a good thing for me to get STARTED with... or should I start somewhere else first. I guess I'm just worried about biting off more than I can chew and disappointing some people.
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The apache projects, home to plenty much java stuff, are mentors, and there is room to add more.
I think they were just in a rush to get stuff out, and didnt have time to approach that many orgs (and/or wanted to limit leaks)
But it doesn't exist yet. What do you mean it must happen on sourceforge? Do we have to open a project page, and then every *when* should be upload the CVS? Can we use sourceforge *only* for the bug tracker?
And if we don't have a good internet connection?
Can't we develop it in our house and put only the MILESTONES on sourceforge?
A strange term and condition indeed!
You've got 4500 dollars to each student, plus 500 dollars to each sponser, and 200 accepted applicants, (4500 + 500) * 200 = 1,000,000
Then you add the cost of implementing the idea in whatever way google's business model works, and you get 1 mil plus a bit.
I live in Cuba and I'am a Computer Science Student. Recently in Slashdot, you see a notice about the cuban emigration to Free Software.The Terorism adjetive to Cuba it's only a political problem between Bush and Castro.Bush didn't have proves that Cuba its a Terrorism Country. We have the rigth to development and for this reason, I thought we should participate.
The Wine project has put together a list of resources to help someone thinking about this figure out a project. You might find the following helpful:
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5k is 5k. It pays bills. It does work. And who better to give the stipend to than College kids, who you can then later interview to work at your organization, and they've been bought into other organizations as well.
Personally, I'm hoping to get to work with GNOME, and with systems integration in my own area. Gotta love Google.
"Victory means exit strategy, and it's important for the President to explain to us what the exit strategy is." G.W.Bush
Is this program for college students only or can high school students participate as well?
it boils down to "code for food, shelter, amusement"... Those open source programmers, helpers do it to earn a living, doing what they like to do, and in return get money, which allows them to live where they want to. The return for multi's is working software done by motivated workers.
The side effect is that the code is also usable by third parties, even competitors (remember who ships samba with their unix products, or who ships linux with their hardware).
Absolutely! Open source software is not about social change or politics or multinationals or even business. It's about scratching an itch and sharing the result. Huge companies like IBM or 15 year-old kids in Mexico can both do this, and have the same access to the tools of the trade. It's the ultimate fair playing field, and everyone gets something good out of it.
Okkkaaaayyy... so what does ANY OF THIS HAVE TO DO WITH A GUY CALLING SLASHDOT A BUNCH OF GOOGLE COCK SUCKERS? I asked that he be modded down and he was. AS I SAID (time and fucking time again), THIS IS REAL AND IMPORTANT NEWS. So will everyone (yourself included) stop being an asshole and PAY FUCKING ATTENTION!
Javascript + Nintendo DSi = DSiCade
'nuff said.
Wait. I think I did it. I misunderstood your post, didn't I? Sorry about that. With so many people (willfully?) misunderstanding my posts, I'm heavily on the defensive. Sorry about that.
Javascript + Nintendo DSi = DSiCade
have you read some of that stuff?
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almost as bad as MSFT
but cool that this is happening.
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How many slashdotters are getting into this program? I have programmed in visual basic, C, C++, and Java. Iv even programmed two robots that can run autonomously. However, I have never ventured into the world of open source programming. Is this project newb-friendly or is it for people with more open source experience?
This is really just a fancy recruitment drive with open source as an excuse to keep the "do no evil" flag flying.
so?
If Google didn't have anything to gain from this I'd be very worried.
Yeah, you guys go ahead and code all summer... I'll be outside...