Re: forwarded proposal to finance some hurd work
Tanguy LE CARROUR <[email protected]>
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Hi! 2011/5/7 <[email protected]> > More importantly however -- as I stated before -- I have serious doubts > about the usefulness of small monetary rewards. > According to the reaction we got (...none...) I'm also starting to be a bit skeptical. :-( GSoC works, because Google is paying more or less a normal salary (for a > student); so the participants can do it *instead* of a "normal" job. > Aahh, in the good old days students used to work for free! :-D BTW I'd like to mention -- though this is rather hypothetical,[...] go for > something the Hurd (like most volunteer project) lacks even more severly: a community and outreach manager. > Sounds nice! But... what exactly is a "community and outreach manager"?! ^_^' Anyway, the money is still there... we just have to find something to do with it! And I think that a soon as we'll find an effective way to use the money, more people will donate! Cheers, Tanguy