On Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 11:31:18AM +0000, Alex Hudson wrote: > It would be worth reconsidering the format - I would say Google's Summer > of Code has been more successful in getting people to apply, and while > they're offering more money (both in total, and per person) I do wonder > if they have figured out the right audience (students without real jobs, > interested in a few hundred quid).
I think this is part of the problem. The amount we have available isn't enough to make much difference to most developers, a thousand pounds represents less than a week's work at contract rates (40 hours * 25 pounds per hour would be close to a minimum for contract programmers with any experience). At best it might buy some hardware. Offer me 25 grand and I'll be willing to take 6 months off to work on a project... Chris C _______________________________________________ Fsfe-uk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfe-uk
