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Google Summer of Code Expands
bakotaco wrote with news from the Summer of Code site: "We're Expanding the Summer of Code... After spot reviewing the applications we've received for the Summer of Code, we were struck with their high quality. As a result, we were able to increase the funds available to support 400 students, double our original number of 200. While this doesn't allow us to take all applicants, we thought that this would be a terrific thing to do for the mentoring organizations, the students, open source software and computer science."
Awesome.
I don't see squid as one of the possible projects... *sigh*
The Dow do-no-evil index closed higher today on an announcment from Google...
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After spot reviewing the applications we've received for the Summer of Code, we were struck with their high quality.
Ouch! I hope that didn't hurt. Does high quality have sharp edges?
As a result, we were able to increase the funds available to support 400 students
So being struck with high quality causes in increase in funding? This is intriguing. I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
I'd rather have The Summer of Love. :)
"I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismometer." -Ken Kesey
Google has been the darling of the tech world for who knows how long because sometimes they just do the right thing. Of course there's something in it for them, there always is, but for a publicly held company to continue the high reputation it held as a private company is admirable. Yes there have been changes there and no not everybody is happy, but the leaders of the company are still good leaders. That's a rarity these days.
...building their personal army of Google programmers. It's an excellent way to get the developer community on your side. I am anxious to see what type of innovations will come from all this.
"...if people respected copyright more, like you guys do with the GPL so religiously, [the DMCA] wouldn't be necessary."
Don't be a jerk. I'm a geek and this shit matters to me. Don't like what slashdot reports? Don't read it.
... those selected will only earn $2250 over the summer. But remember, having Google on your resume looks better than McDonalds! Have a nice day!
- sm
Did not go down for me....
Do not be so quick to blame google.
ServINT went down this afternoon, and AT&T was down this morning.
Bad day for large network providers.
(Obviously those three don't represent the world, but three relatively major outages in one day is slightly unusual).
Video Phone Blogs send video messages straight to the web.
George: Yeah! Look at me! I was free and clear! I was living the dream! I was stripped to the waist, eating a block of cheese the size of a car battery!
Jerry: Before we go any further, I'd just like to point out how disturbing it is that you equate eating a block of cheese with some sort of bachelor paradise.
If Nalgene water bottles are outlawed, only outlaws will have Nalgene water bottles.
Could Google be the next Bell Labs? Next thing you know that will hatch from google would be the cure for AIDS.
----- You know you have ego issues when you register a domain in your name.
"Google has been the darling of the tech world for who knows how long because sometimes they just do the right thing."
Of all the things Google does right, this is one of them. They take the best and brightest -- and the get to know them well. So this year they are getting the value from 400 people working on cool Open Source projects that will benefit the whole world. Google gets props and free advertising for doing this, which is likely quite an endeavor. 400 computers networked... think of the Quake tournies!
Out of this piece of philanthropy (it really is philanthropy when you are paying programmers these days -- we need as much support as we can get!) -- Google will find at least TEN projects they can buy outright WITH the developer who they have ALREADY PAID $4500 to, making the deal SOFTER, turning $4500 into an investment perhaps saving them millions.
In my opinion, Google has really built the first known MONEY FARM known to man. All they have to do is water it and it will grow. Next summer, expect 800 people or more.
I'm doing an Open Source blogging/small business web services system called PHk (soon to be at phk.ca). The company I'm working for is paying me salary just to work on my own system -- because they want to be able to use it when it's done. And that's another success story with Open Source when your vocation is your vacation...
Anyone here working at Google this summer?
The dangers of knowledge trigger emotional distress in human beings.
Perhaps more mentoring organizations will get a look in now? I know Ruby Central was turned down previouly by Google for alledgedly missing the application date.
There does seem to be an overabundance of Google stories on /. Sure it matters to people, but thats what the content-specific sections are for. Not everything has to hit the front page, and indeed, usually they don't. It is rather frustrating when every 10th story is about Google, however. Sure, they lead the industry in giving back to the community and in trying to be philantropic, but theres only so much that can be posted about them before it appears a little too much.
Even those who arrange and design shrubberies are under considerable economic stress at this period in history.
Google confirms that it is compulsory for all attendees to its Summer of Code to wear flowers in their hair. :)
You're such a sweetheart.
Pretty Pictures!
that sounds a little more appealing
Like search engines, on-line e-mail, shopping? What next, blog hosting?
Could it be that Google needs more submissions because they suspect that their initial batch of projects is not as good as they hoped for?
They also nicely note how they cannot send "personalized rejection letters". While rejection people like you how happen not to be students, they'll also accept the same tired old crap from resume' builders while rejecting interesting new ideas.
Transcend Humanity. Please.
Do *you* know where your IP is going?
...)
Or how your being made jobless first is now perhaps being used (in shades of hip and coolness of course, see also "street teams" for the music cartel, the military recruitment,
to put young folks into the geeks' version of an idol's competion where of course everyone loses even the winners., except... the organizers.
Perhaps I'm just too cynical, and no one wants to hear it anyway (which is a good indication that I might be on to something), but the whole google, gmail, recruiting, kool-aid I dunno it's starting to smell like a rat the more I think and read about it.
"Because of the volume of applications that we must process we cannot send a personal rejection letter for every application."
Wow, thanks Google.
Transcend Humanity. Please.
Even with the increase, the Google unemployment rate hovers at 87.75% or so.
Transcend Humanity. Please.
that's quite a bit of money they're giving away...
Chris
Co-Editor, Open Sources
Open Source Program Manager, Google, Inc.
...that's all they're doing. Hardly "do no evil", especially if you're someone with experience.
The Gallery project has a list of ideas for Google Summer of Code coders. This is a very nice, mature, PHP application used for managing pictures online.
Another great project that would be interesting to work with is Jinzora. Jinzora is a web-based music streaming/archiving application. It may be one of the best around.
Both applications are GPLed, fairly mature, actively developed and used, and are just plain useful tools to use.
Sweet, now my odds are about 1 in 25! Too bad it's not really about odds.... They do need to update their FAQ though, it still says 200 http://code.google.com/summfaq.html#what_is_the_su mmer_of_cod
Once Slashdot reaches 95% google "news" stories, even the sycophants around here will get sick of all of this. Just because microsoft sucks, you want to fall in LOVE with a corporation?
I was going to apply for this, until I learned it was 18+ only. I don't think that's fair. There are many people under that age who would be equally or more qualified thant many of the applicants, I'm sure.
This, it seems, is an example of the next stage in the development of open-source in general. Companies who aren't looking for any service in particular, offering incentives for programmers to finish a pet project and make it useful and - here's the important part - usable.
Open-source apps will be written without much incentive. Making them meaningful to users rather than developers is more difficult, and Google appears to be implementing a tested method for making it happen.
...but is it art?
And now you managed to squeeze into the 3rd post with a post adding nothing to the conversation, a meta-discussion peice of unsubstantiated tripe.
I love how the company that refuses to give internal tech numbers.. (to confuse their competitors) are the ones in the highlight of promoting open source projects does google still give numbers that are 1/10th or less of their obvious processing power? the only truths come from ex-employees
Pity it's 18 year-olds and over though (although I guess it's do with contract law).
<p>I would have gone in for it, and there was plenty of projects there I would have like to have done. But then I would be 'stealing' someone else's project that they will get paid for I suppose.</p>
The number I understood was $4,500 for the student and $500 for the mentoring organization.
Hmmm...
Summer of Choad Spreads?
Google Spreads the Choad?
More Choad from Google?
Google: Now with 100% more Choad?
Google's Hot Weather Choad Eruption?
Choad Coverage Up?
Summer of Choad Bubbling Up?
Google Frothing With Choad?
Google Unleashes Another Load Of Choad?
Can anyone help me out here?
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