Google's Summer Of Code Attracts Hundreds Of Students

Courtesy Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Sat, 06/21/2008 - 08:00

Google's Summer of Code is one reason why Google keeps Microsoft executives awake at night.Summer of Code is one of Google's most active hosted sites for open source development.

Google's strategy is clear -- give students a stipend and in return they'll code their tails off and contribute to the open source community.


 

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