On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 3:26 PM, Anil Saldhana <Anil.Saldhana@redhat.com> wrote:

I am really glad to see the responses from the students. True,honest
conversations are a forte of open source software. :)

In an ideal world, there would be unlimited gsoc slots to accommodate
all students. But there are just a finite number of slots. We have to
reject many student proposals.

Would the rejected students continue to participate in JBoss community?

On 04/20/2012 11:31 AM, #HARJOBEN SINGH# wrote:
> Hi Anil,
>
> I am a Computer Engineering student from NTU, Singapore. I applied to gsoc for a jBPM project which aims to use the engine on Android devices to make the app development process similar.
>
> Answering your question aimed at all the students, I would like to say the only reason I chose this project was because I was interested in the description and I had heard a lot about the JBoss community and wanted to be part of the community. I had previous experience in Android development so I believed I had the required experience to pull off this project. That was the reason I approached the project mentor, Kris Verlaenen, on what he expects from the project. Had I been interested in GSOC only for the money, I would have applied to 10 different companies and submitted proposals to various projects(although the money is lucrative, no doubt).
>
> I didn't apply for any summer internship for lack of any good technical organisations in Singapore and was anyways looking for some project to do this summer. I have no previous experience with open source but have always admired it. This seemed like a very good opportunity to try it out as well. I would love to continue with the project even if it is not selected as part of GSOC program. It would be great working with you as it has been great knowing whatever little of jBPM I have experienced till now (Thanks to Kris' help and his blogs).
>
> I might play around with jBPM even if I don't work with JBoss. :P
>
> Thank you
>
> Regards
> Harjoben Singh
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> Subject: [gsoc] GSOC Students, what excites you?
>

> Hi gsoc students,
> soon GSOC will announce the accepted student proposals and the
> rejected proposals. Until they make the formal announcement, please
> disregard any accepted/rejected emails that the system may send.
> Apparently there are bugs in the Google Melange site. :)
>
> While there will be a few happy students, there will be many students
> who will turn unhappy. The main reason is that the number of gsoc is
> always finite/limited where as the Ideas/Proposals is large.
>
> At JBoss community, we have been very thrilled to see so much excitement
> among both the mentors and students.
>
> Now I come to an important question for our gsoc students who put in
> their proposals.
>
> Students, what excites you about the GSOC12 program with JBoss
> community? Please answer *honestly* (We are smart enough to figure out
> dishonest people)
>
> a) Is it the thrill of being in the gsoc 12 program?
> b) Is it the money from the gsoc program?
> c) Are you very interested to add JBoss Community on your resume?
> d) Are you doing this because you want to be part of the JBoss Community
> Open Source ecosystem?
>
> I am asking all these questions because I want to see if you can
> continue to be part of the JBoss Community ecosystem, if your proposal
> is rejected.
>
> "I am looking for passion for open source."
>
> Regards,
> Anil