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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 22:04:43 -0400
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan 9 rejected from GSoC 2012
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> I am a student who would be interested in doing GSOC next year. In
> reality it all comes down to getting paid though. Like someone
> mentioned, very little work gets done on "free will", so gsoc is a
> good approach. (especially implementing not so fun things nobody dares
> touch)

that's one way of looking at it.  another way of looking at it is that
the best jobs are the ones that you'd do anyway.  and one could argue
these lucky people get the best job done.

- erik