We have completed our GSoC 2013 application

Nick Sabalausky SeeWebsiteToContactMe at semitwist.com
Wed Apr 10 12:09:18 PDT 2013


On Tue, 9 Apr 2013 20:13:39 +0200
Rory McGuire <rjmcguire at gmail.com> wrote:

> It is only different in that it is official, and there is a deadline.
> It's good PR. When you hear "D summer of code" project you know there
> is at least one person working hard on the project and that they
> definitely have a mentor.
> 
> It would be on record that you were involved in DSoC 2013.
> 
> :) plus a group would get to approve or disapprove projects.
> 
> If you don't complete your project it is a lot worse than if it were
> just an idea mentioned on a forum somewhere.
> 
> There really is something to it being official and having a deadline
> though. 

Plus, as someone already alluded to, it wouldn't necessarily have to
exclude people, as GSoC intentionally does, just because they went with
a non-traditional non-one-size-fits-all education route.



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