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Doesn't this only exist because the Rails project's Google Summer of Code application was denied this year?: http://twitter.com/rails/status/10685448004 http://
by blasdel 17y ago
Doesn't this only exist because the Rails project's Google Summer of Code application was denied this year?: http://twitter.com/rails/status/10685448004 http://twitter.com/rails/status/10685448004
- bphogan 17y agoI'd say yes, but so what? If people want to give students mentors and $5000 to work on summer projects that could ultimately help the Ruby ecosystem overall, that's pretty cool. Everyone benefits. The fact that it's sponsored by the community is even better. I'm for anything that helps students learn. Google sponsorship means very little to me when it comes to that.
- halostatue 17y agoNo. I'm not inside of the decision loop, but this is because of a perception that Google's SOC administrators didn't want to work with Ruby Central over the last two years. I do not think that this perception is correct, but Ruby Central was not provided a mentorship spot last year and chose not to apply for a mentorship spot this year. This is a Ruby Central initiative.
- draegtun 17y agoInteresting. Google have accepted other like organisations, for eg. The Perl Foundation (http://www.perlfoundation.org/google_summer_of_code_2010 http://www.perlfoundation.org/google_summer_of_code_2010), so they really should accept Ruby Central.