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Google Summer of Code Results

Posted by Zonk on from the impressive-most-impressive dept.

Nattfodd writes "Almost two months after the projects, deadline, partial (but fairly complete) results of Google Summer of Code are here. The completion rate of projects (and thus payment of the students) was approximately 90%, which would certainly qualify for a 'huge success' of the operation. Summer of Code paid more than 400 students of 49 countries to spend their summer helping open-source projects, 4500$ on completion. Now we just have to wait for the T-shirts..."

17 of 220 comments (clear)

  1. No VB? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    They didn't accept my VB entry?!

  2. Sir! Sir! by tygerstripes · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is 400 bigger than a Google?

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  3. Re:Nice idea, poor pay by eln · · Score: 5, Funny

    People on scholarships. Do you have any idea how much weed you can buy for $4500?

  4. dollars by termos · · Score: 3, Funny

    $4500. No problem.

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  5. Good idea! by Mysticalfruit · · Score: 4, Funny

    Get the next iteration of programmers comfortable with their tools and API's.

    I'm suspecting the future is going to smell like AJAX...

    Also, while barely literate, I'm pretty sure that dollar sign goes before the ammount...

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  6. So much publicity and all you win is... by TarrySingh · · Score: 4, Funny

    4500$!...geez!

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  7. Other Results: by Quaoar · · Score: 5, Funny

    Percentage of summer of code participants getting laid: 0%

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    I'll form my OWN solar system! With blackjack! And hookers!
  8. Man look at the names by Anonymous+Crowhead · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's like a "Who's Who" list of who's not American.

    1. Re:Man look at the names by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Dan Eagleflash.

  9. Re:Google pays MCDONALD'S wages by schon · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can make more at McDonald's

    Wow, McDonalds is hiring coders?

    especially considering meals are discounted 75%.

    Yeah, but the downside is that it's McDonalds "food".

  10. Re:Nice idea, poor pay by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    For you canadians that is oregano

  11. Re:Nice idea, poor pay by jzeejunk · · Score: 3, Funny

    but who were they really targeting at that pay range

    our brethren in banglore? ;)

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  12. T-Shirts? by The+Rizz · · Score: 4, Funny
    "Now we just have to wait for the T-shirts..."

    "I coded open-source software all summer, and all I got was $4500 and this lousy T-shirt" ??

  13. mod_smtpd (?) by pergamon · · Score: 2, Funny

    So I noticed mod_smtpd in there.

    Is there some corollary to the well known quote like "Every daemon attempts to expand until it can schlep mail" that I'm not aware of?

  14. Re:Interesting Demographics by Elwood+P+Dowd · · Score: 2, Funny
    I will continue to quote my CS professor Max "Mad Max" Mintz until he is no longer relevant:
    Some people say that the girls don't like computer science, but I don't think that's true. I think girls don't like the boys in computer science.
    I think that'll be forever. The guy sitting in front of me in the lecture immediately responded, "Hey! I resemble that remark!"
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  15. Re:How about a winter of code? by joebutton · · Score: 2, Funny

    > "Winter of" can only be followed by obviously bad things

    Seen in the window of a British camping shop during the winter sales:

    "Now is the winter of our discount tent"

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  16. Re:Interesting Demographics by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
    Maybe if they got more woman doing Computer Science (in particular open source projects) then things like Linux and Pearl wouldn't be so insanely and unnecessarily over-cryptic.

    Are you kidding me???

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