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[Mario Behling <mb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi David,

thanks for your reminder. lubuntu applied for GSOC 2011, but did not
get in. Neither Ubuntu nor LXDE were GSOC projects 2011 by the way. I
guess you are referring to 2010.

We will try to get in 2012.

All the best,

Mario


On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 6:00 AM, David Reimer <djreimer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I know I'm just a newcomer and all, but thought I'd ask since for some
> reason it floated into what passes for my brain:
>
> With Lubuntu's new profile and popularity -- what are the chances of
> making more use of the Google Summer of Code project to make some
> strategic advances?
>
> http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2011
>
> I note that in the 2011 GSOC there were these sorts of numbers:
>
> No. of students - Sponsor project
> 31 - KDE
> 17 - Gnome
> 8 - Ubuntu
> 1 - LXDE
>
> I expect this is already on someone's radar, but with February as the
> date things get going, I expect it could probably use some attention
> in January.
>
> And apologies if this note is overly cheeky or presumptuous!
>
> David [djreimer | dajare]
> --
> David Reimer | Edinburgh, UK
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>