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

[clayasaurus]

Chad J > wrote:
> 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? :)

Hehe, I tried to apply last summer but got rejected. I will try harder 
next summer though, I bet my application just wasn't detailed and 
exciting enough to stand out.