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OpenWengo Code Camp

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the what-to-do-with-sleepless-nights dept.

An anonymous reader writes "It seems that OpenWengo launched its first Code Camp a few days ago. The contest is apparently following the same process as Google Summer of Code, but is mainly focused on VoIP software. There are 14 projects for students to work on. Among them, a couple pretty interesting ones, like creating an XUL interface editor. There is a 3500 Euro stipend at stake for students completing their project. I also find interesting that most of the available projects can be reused by any software project using a GPL-compatible license."

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  1. Attention! by fm6 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If you're an OSS project, and you want people to join in, contribute, admire or whatever, please, please, PLEASE, explain WTF you are and what you're doing on the main page of your web site. Don't make people hunt for this information. Otherwise we're likely to infer that you're just another overenthusiastic underorganized OSS group that has nothing interesting going on.

    1. Re:Attention! by bahwi · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Agreed! I don't care what your blog says. Oh a new release? Of what?! 4.8? WTF does it do?

      This has been a huge problem of OSS stuff recently.

      mangoserver.com: What we are: Mango Server is a code patch for a SQL injection and a strategic alliance instead of an aquisition for these SQL injections. Come! Download out SQL injections to bring your code to enterprise level!

      both php and drupal have big news stuff, but they say what they are. On the left for php, on the top for drupal. Even gaim's webpage has a one liner.

      All openwengo is is a summer of code type thing that works as a firefox extension, nothing more, apparently.

      I hate when you can't find out what the hell something is, and worse is when it's about six clicks before a download link shows up(sf.net always adds at least one, so make it on the front page so it's only two or three!).