>> 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 Are you still going to interview every applicant or only the applicants from the project that you think have high priority and success rate? Thank you...!