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Re: Google Summer of Code 2009

From
Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date
Jan 12, 2009, 15:35 UTC
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<20090112153510.GB10179@spearce.org>
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<200901121420.25420.chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> wrote:
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> Le lundi 12 janvier 2009, Andreas Ericsson a écrit :
> > From previous years experience, successful 
> > projects are those that the list sees code from within a week
> > or two after the project's started, while the projects that are
> > kept in the dark rarely (if ever?) finish successfully.
> 
> I don't think things are so simple.

Nope, they aren't. But the pattern is generally there, when you look at all GSoC projects in aggregate.

Students who are involved with their community are far more likely to have a successful project. In most communities, getting code posted on the discussion list and actually discussing it is a very important part of that involvement.

-- 
Shawn.
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  1. Shawn O. PearceJan 7, 2009
  2. Miklos VajnaJan 7, 2009
  3. Alex RiesenJan 7, 2009
  4. Shawn O. PearceJan 7, 2009
  5. Johannes SchindelinJan 7, 2009
  6. Alex RiesenJan 7, 2009
  7. Sam VilainJan 8, 2009
  8. Jakub NarebskiJan 10, 2009
  9. Johannes SchindelinJan 10, 2009
  10. Christian CouderJan 12, 2009
  11. Stephan BeyerJan 14, 2009
  12. Andreas EricssonJan 12, 2009
  13. Christian CouderJan 12, 2009
  14. Shawn O. PearceJan 12, 2009
  15. Johannes SchindelinJan 12, 2009
  16. Shawn O. PearceJan 12, 2009
  17. Johannes SchindelinJan 12, 2009
  18. Shawn O. PearceJan 12, 2009
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