Google revamps Summer of Code for 2007 (NewsForge)

[Posted February 23, 2007 by ris]

NewsForge looks at the 2007 Google Summer of Code. "According to Leslie Hawthorn, open source program coordinator at Google, the biggest change for 2007 is the increased preparation time. While in previous years the program has started taking applications in April and started in late May, this year the program was announced in February, with mentor organizations applying to participate from March 5-12 and students from March 14-23. Successful applicants will be announced on April 9, and the program will officially begin on May 28."

Google revamps Summer of Code for 2007 (NewsForge)

Posted Feb 24, 2007 3:01 UTC (Sat) by yminsky (guest, #20175) [Link]

There are also a number of interesting knock-offs of the SoC, including (if you will indulge the plug) the OCaml Summer Project, which is aimed at promoting the OCaml programming language. There are a number of other interesting examples. Google really came up with an interesting model for how a private company can usefully interact with the open-source community.