GSoC 2009

[Ian Monroe]

On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 9:52 AM, Lydia Pintscher <lydia at kde.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 16:47, Ian Monroe <ian.monroe at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I've heard business types say its costs 10x as much to get a new
>> customer as it does to retain a current customer. I think this is true
>> for developers as well, we should work hard to support our current
>> developers. (Plus its not really fair that someone having a proven
>> record might not be chosen precisely because their record is proven).
>>
>> Anywho this discussion comes up every year. We always end up with a
>> mix of new students and old hands. Regardless its not something
>> prospective students should worry about, they should just create their
>> proposal and let us sort it out. :)
>
> I was not saying current developers can't get a spot at all. They
> should just be aware that we can't promise anyone a spot no matter if
> they are involved with Amarok already or not.
> We will have to decide depending on the applications in the end anyway :)

Ah yes of course, certainly there are no guarantees of anything at this point.

The timeline:
http://code.google.com/opensource/gsoc/2009/faqs.html#0_1_timeline_5354032302481437_

So there's no guarantees until April 20th. Liable to revision as
Leslie gets pushed around by people. :/ So if your interested in an
internship or something you should probably apply simultaneously.

Ian