Darius Jack wrote: > Noop. > Completely wrong. > Just read more about Google Summer of Code from > http://code.google.com/soc/2008/ > " > All participating mentoring organizations for 2008 have provided > additional information for their would-be students, including a list > of sample project ideas. > " > Being listed as a mentoring organization has nothing to do with past > interest of students in activities of a mentoring organization in-spe, > as you firstly get listed as a mentoring organization and than > attract potential students. > $4,500 stipend offered by Google is great chance for any student and > much more than N810 apiece. > > What Google said: > " > If you find you have a great idea to improve one of the projects you > see listed, why not start working on it now? > " > You are right, Google Summer of Code attracts more mentors than students > " > /Google Summer of Code/ 2008 is on! Over the past three years, the > program has brought together over 1500 students and 2000 mentors from > 90 countries worldwide, all for the love of code. We look forward to > welcoming more new contributors and projects this year. > " > But there is a chance to chan ge things for the better and discuss > that issue with Google. > On the other hand Google with Google Maps application is first-class > and first hand competitor to Nokia Tablet as a navigation device. > > Anyway, attracting students to Maemo is attracting new customers to > buy more N810s, so, in our hard times on Wall Street, Nokia not Maemo, > should be interested in promotion of its great Nokia Tablet in any > form of promotion, provided for free. > > Lost chance is lost chance > and any stipend granted by Google to a prospective student is lost > forever. > > Darius I wouldn't go quite that far - there are a lot of downstream projects, and a mighty good idea for some of them would be to produce or improve a Maemo port. As a platform, Maemo has a lot to gain indirectly from improvements to other projects. (Don't forget the upstream projects, too!) Sure, it might require a bit more initiative for the students to find or think of the projects, but GSoC is about finding students with the initiative to get involved and hopefully stay involved - exactly what we're looking for.
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