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