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notify so.
We'd like to hear from you soon.

- Pratyush.

On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Kedar Soparkar <[email protected]>wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> You may remember me as one of the students who applied for the i386
> ABI Implementation project under GSOC.
>
> Unfortunately, due to a variety of reasons (some of which have already
> been pointed out), I could not get selected.
>
> Some of the major points:
>
> 1. I did not interact significantly on the mailing list (besides
> cheekily asking for comments on my proposal).
> 2. I had not contributed in any way to DFBSD prior to the proposal stage.
> (Feel free to add more in succession)
>
> Irrespective of the results, I still intend to continue with the
> project. My primary motivation for taking it up was to contribute to
> something practical & real-life, as opposed to just working on
> assignments in college courses (although, I must admit that the moolah
> & the t-shirt were also enticing :) ) As I can still gain a summer's
> worth of experience & hopefully come out with a working solution for
> DFBSD, it looks like a win-win situation, for both, the DragonFly
> community & me.
>
> Since I'm no longer bound by the GSOC timeline, I will simply offset
> the work to begin on 15th of June, after dealing with my GRE exam.
> Everything else regarding the schedule shall remain unchanged.
>
> Now to matters of more import:
>
> I know that the DragonFly community is stretched as it is due to GSOC
> work, so I wanted to ask whether I can request for a mentor of sorts
> during this period. Although I am sure I can count on the IRC & the
> mailing list for answers, it would be reassuring to know that someone
> is equally interested in getting this project done, besides me.
>
> This would also be the ideal time to let me know if someone has
> already started work on this idea, or for whatever reason, doesn't
> want me to work on this idea.
>
> Regards,
> Kedar.
>

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