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Google Summer of Code Project Breakdown

Posted by timothy on from the two-meanings-of-breakdown-get-it dept.

behdad writes "Google's Summer of Code final per-organization project breakdown is out. The Apache Software Foundation is on the top of the list with 38 projects allocated out of total 410 slots, followed by KDE, FreeBSD, and 38 other mentoring organizations. The accepted applications will be posted early next week. More than 8700 applications have been submitted. Thanks Greg Stein and Chris DiBona for the hard work."

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  1. psf? by 3770 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Excuse an ignorant Swede, but what the heck is psf, number 4 on the list?

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    1. Re:psf? by Bob+Loblaw · · Score: 5, Informative

      http://www.google.ca/search?q=psf

      Python Software Foundation would be my guess since it comes up first in Google.

  2. Re:13 google by behdad · · Score: 4, Informative

    Indeed they are opening some of their small projects, moving development to SourceForge.net. See http://code.google.com/ for a list. Small still, but nonzero.

  3. Re:$_$ by inode_buddha · · Score: 4, Informative

    No, I don't think it's odd at all. Just ask (for example) IBM or Novell. Or RedHat for that matter. Developers need to eat. They also need to pay for their home, car, kids, etc. Companies like Google need relatively cheap access to bleeding-edge tech, and the PR value of a project like this doesn't hurt. Anyway, last I checked "open source" is not mutually exclusive with "cash".

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  4. So... by JamesTRexx · · Score: 4, Funny

    FreeBSD in third place. So who is dead now? :-P

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    1. Re:So... by pegasustonans · · Score: 5, Funny

      So who is dead now?

      Well, everybody over 150 for starters...

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  5. Dear Michal by TimeTraveler1884 · · Score: 5, Funny
    mine got rejected ;-)

    Dear Michal,

    Yeah, sorry about that. Unfortunately your particular proposal did not align with my goals for total world domination. Your submission "The Free Simulator for Coconut-Swallow Aerodynamics" while interesting, would not have been useful as I have already researched this topic throughly and concluded ducks are the optimal fowl for coconut transport.

    Sincerly,
    Google Inc.
  6. Re:$_$ by commodoresloat · · Score: 4, Funny
    Anyone else think it's a little odd to be pushing open source development with cash?

    Yes, they should really be using bash.