Spurring development (was Re: D : Not for me anymore)

[Chad J]

Bill Baxter wrote:
> Lars Ivar Igesund wrote:
> 
>> Bill Baxter wrote:
>>
>>> Mike Parker wrote:
>>>
>>>> Sean Kelly wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Mike Parker wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Walter Bright wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've thought about cash prizes and contests. I just had the nagging
>>>>>>> feeling that the result would be a circus rather than serious
>>>>>>> development.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What about bounties?
>>>
>>> Getting some Google summer-of-coders might be good too.
>>> Where there any proposals for D this last time around?
>>>
>>> --bb
>>
>>
>> afaik, only formally organized projects may apply, although it is 
>> somewhat
>> unclear to me what constitutes formal in this respect.
>>
> 
> I'm pretty sure D is formally organized enough to count.
> There may be some application process to qualify as a mentor, though.
> 
> 
> --bb

It'd be nice if someone would apply for mentorship for summer of code 
'07.  You don't have much to lose.  I was looking at the summer of code 
in 2006 as a student and didn't see any D projects on there, but I was 
probably too late anyways.  If someone were to be a mentor for 2007 with 
a D project, I would seriously look at doing that.  That $4500 stipend 
is mighty appealing at my current pay level of nothing with the 
studentacious employment potential of a mcjob.

So... who wants an extra developer next summer? :)