Google Summer of Code 2006

It is almost that time again. On Tuesday (May 23th), the official projects will be released on the Google Summer of Code website.

While it is impossible to talk about all the possible projects, here are a couple of ideas from a couple of the project. Remember, these are just ideas. Students are welcome to submit original ideas and we will see some of those when the dust settles.

Apache SoC 2006
Mozilla SoC 2006
FreeBSD SoC 2006

My coding skillz are very very far from Kung Foo level, but I just might apply for this project idea suggested for Nmap SoC 2006:

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Slacker

Nmap developers are known as some of the most productive in the open source world. In order to crank out more code, many eschew luxuries like classes, social lives, sex, and sleep. To counterbalance all of this planned productivity, we may need some experienced slackers to spend the summer playing video games, watching TV, reading Slashdot, and dating. You will report these activities in a weekly status report so the rest of us can live our lives vicariously through yours.

Since lazyness is a virtue for this position, our normal application form is not required. Just tell us your best time-wasting story or any other relevant credentials for this critical role.

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In 2005, there were around 43 mentoring groups signed up for the Summer of Code.

This year they have over 100.

This fall, we should see a ton of great enchancements and new features created by the community for the community. Open source, it is a good thing....