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→Did your organization participate in past Google Summer of Codes? If so, please summarize your involvement and the successes and challenges of your participation.
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=== Did your organization participate in past Google Summer of Codes? If so, please summarize your involvement and the successes and challenges of your participation. === | === Did your organization participate in past Google Summer of Codes? If so, please summarize your involvement and the successes and challenges of your participation. === | ||
Yes, during 2011 and 2012, under the GNU umbrella. Four students have successfully completed projects for us in the past, all of which is live and in our main source tree. In addition, we have mentored two students through the European's Space Agency's independent Summer of Code In Space. | Yes, during 2011 and 2012, under the GNU umbrella. Four students have successfully completed projects for us in the past, all of which is live and in our main source tree. In addition, we have mentored two students in 2012 through the European's Space Agency's independent Summer of Code In Space. | ||
The challenges have been about managing very diverse problem domains and finding people who are competent in all of them. We have not had great trouble keeping students interested, although we've seen lulls in their productive output a few times, which were always thankfully remedied with a little prodding. | The challenges have been about managing very diverse problem domains and finding people who are competent in all of them. We have not had great trouble keeping students interested, although we've seen lulls in their productive output a few times, which were always thankfully remedied with a little prodding. | ||