On 14-apr-11, at 00:36, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
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
