Hi all I got selected into GSoC 2011 for KDE Plasma Educational Desktop :).
Though, I am not free between 1st and 7th May :(, got External Viva Exams at University! I think we can have the discussion regarding FOSS and GSoC through ML, as many people won't be able to come due to their exams during this month. Cheers! Karan Pratap Singh KDE Plasma Educational Desktop PULUG Panjab University Chandigarh IRC nick: kps_foo P.S. Also on an unrelated note, I am starting my very own blog soon :), will keep you all updated! On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 1:52 PM, gajendra khanna <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > thanks for the lesson in manners. I have seen enough people from India > > using smsspeak, all caps etc etc and getting ignored - and sometimes > > humiliated on international mailing lists. There are communities where > > everyone is polite and soft spoken, and there are communities where > > people are pretty rude and intolerant. It is best for people to be > > prepared to face this. As far as GSOC is concerned, again there are > > communities who are lax and accept any work whatsoever and pass the > > students. But most of the communities are very exacting - don't forget > > that all the mentors are volunteers who have very little time to spare. > > And working with them is difficult. You have a very peculiar notion of > > 'running people down'. It is not. One terrible thing about our culture > > is that any criticism is taken as an insult - to the point where I see > > that people get insulted when defects in their code are pointed out. > > This is not good. We must learn to take criticism - either polite > > criticism or even rude criticism. If a person's code is rubbish - tell > > him it is rubbish. If you sugar coat your criticism, he may think his > > code is pretty good - and never learn. > > > > I do not consider my statement rude - it is a friendly warning (it even > > has a smiley) > The points you make above are very valid. In light of these, I concur > with what you say and I hope you have also not taken my comments > otherwise. I had also said it in similar context where I have seen > people going for almost complete sms speak, all caps, no subjects and > being ignored like you pointed out which made it appear to me that you > were mildly harsh on Gaurav. > I am particularly in agreement with what you have said about the way > GSOC is running in some places. An exacting approach by all at GSOC > (in fact in most learning endeavours) would go a long way in arresting > the decline in quality of learning we see around us these days in all > spheres. It has become a vicious circle in some sense in parts of our > education setup, something a nation boiling over with youth could do > without. > Best Regards > Gajendra > > -- > LUG@IITD - http://lug-iitd.org/Footer > -- LUG@IITD - http://lug-iitd.org/Footer
