GSoC 2011 update: we have 3 slots

[Ishan Thilina]

>> Digital Mars has received 3 slots for GSoC 2011. That means we need
>> to choose three student projects to go with.
>>
>> We have enjoyed many strong applications and we have a great lineup
>> of mentors, but Google is reluctant to allocate a lot of slots to
>> first-time participants because historically Google has experienced
>> a high rate of burn-out with new organizations. Most new
>> participants have only received 2 slots, so this is in fact a vote
>> of confidence for our fledgling participation.
>>
>> So we need to prove ourselves by choosing three outstanding projects
>> and by taking them to completion. I warmly thank all participants
>> (students and mentors) and I hope they all will stick around and
>> help even though it is impossible to select them all for formal roles.

>I can only agree with Andrei, choosing just 3 projects will be hard,
>and if you happen not to be between the 3 choosen, it doesn't
>necessarily mean that your contribution wasn't good, or you aren't
>good, but simply that given the constraints we had we judged another
>project sightly better or slightly more important for our current
>priorities.
>It will be a though decision, and we would for sure be honored and
>happy if some of those that in the end will not be selected still sick
>around contribute to D community, and in any case we wish you all the
>best.
>And sorry if we make you jump through some hoops, but it is just that
>it is difficult to decide, and we should choose project that will have
>success, even to guarantee that google will continue to support us.

>Fawzi


Are you still going to interview every applicant or only the applicants from the
project that you think have high priority and success rate?

Thank you...!