[dundee] Google Summer of Code 2007

[William Cameron]

Google summer of code is something I looked at last year as well I think.  I'm not a massive coder, but I don't mind a bit every so often, keeps the mind going.  There are a lot of interesting projects to look through, and the concept of virtualization and clusters seems quite interesting too.I think something like this could be good for Abertay, dundee and the LInux society (not necessarly in that order) if we could piggy back onto a project maybe..William> Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 22:25:21 +0100> From: gordon at zubenel.freeserve.co.uk> To: dundee at mailman.lug.org.uk> CC: > Subject: [dundee] Google Summer of Code 2007> > Hi All,> > The Google Summer of Code 2007 this year comprises of 900 projects with > $4.5 million in funding for students that have Linux developers as their > mentors (this is increasing annually). The aim is for more code to be > written, more open source developers to be created and for applications > to be improved. These students> are  interested in general programming but are not necessarily familiar > in Linux systems and applications. Here is the website:> > http://code.google.com/soc > <http://code.google.com/soc>> I am interested in two particular projects connected to my dissertation:;> > http://code.google.com/soc/oscar/appinfo.html?csaid=4354EDC5B8B185CB> > http://code.google.com/soc/oscar/appinfo.html?csaid=36449C2B004357C4> > I wonder if any of the other projects interest anyone.  My thinking is > that whilst the overall goals are noble, the money is a drop in the > ocean for Google and more money should be allocated for students. > Instead of $2500 per project it should be  $5000, I do not like to see > students used as cheap labour (my opinion only) as I have seen in my > research experience that students can be used for the donkey work for a > mere pittance. An interesting story, whilst I was doing the Systems > Modelling module at Abertay that was dealing with Object Orientation , I > came across UMBRELLO in the KDE developers tools that gave 9 different > ways to do it rather than the three ways that were taught. This > programme intrigued me as I was getting my head round the concepts, I > thought this would be a good training programme for students, but it was > only available within KDE. I am more of a systems guy rather than a > programmer but hey this would link up a lot of things. UMBRELLO was > languishing in the doldrums until an honour's student from Stirling > University used in it his dissertation and took up maintenance of the > programme and was inserted into the KDE developer's tools. The name of > the student is Jonathan Riddle so when he asked for volunteers for the > KDE conference I responded, that is probably why the University of > Strathclyde uses the KDE desktop so students can use the UMBRELLO Object > Orientation programme.> > This is probably the first email that I have got the email formatting > right (my Achilles heel).> > Finally the truth about Microsoft Surface:> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZrr7AZ9nCY> > Gordon   > > > _______________________________________________> dundee GNU/Linux Users Group mailing list> dundee at lists.lug.org.uk  http://dundee.lug.org.uk> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dundee> Chat on IRC, #tlug on dundee.lug.org.uk
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