<div dir="auto"><div>Hi,<br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Agustin Benito Bethencourt (@toscalix)</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 19 Feb 2018 8:17 p.m., "Sune Vuorela" <<a href="mailto:nospam@vuorela.dk">nospam@vuorela.dk</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="quoted-text">On 2018-02-19, Boudewijn Rempt <<a href="mailto:boud@valdyas.org">boud@valdyas.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> I think it would be a good idea. Also, I don't really see why someone looking<br>
> for a good Qt developer wouldn't make a beeline for our community :-)<br>
><br>
<br>
</div>I have in the past approached several companies trying to get them to<br>
support KDE e.V, and one of my selling points have been to be "first in<br>
thought" when kde people are looking for jobs.<br></blockquote></div></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I do not see any better short term reason for a company to invest in a R&D environment but for detecting and incorporating talent. Even in the case of such company consuming the technology we produce.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">We are extremely successful with GSoC. I wonder if we can find a simple way to add a later phase where those students and work get exposed to companies looking for talent.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Best Regards</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Agustin</div></div>