Monthly Archives: June 2005

The painter and the electrician

When setting up the Summer of Code program, it probably didn’t occur to Google that it was so complicated to give away 2 million dollars… In order not to give 30% of their grants (I guess than anybody could use … Continue reading

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Google’s summer of code

I have already written a little about Google’s project, named “Summer of Code”. At first, 200 slots were available for students over 18. The applications had to be sent before June 14th, 2005. The success was huge, and Google was … Continue reading

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Advertisement for myself :-p

All right, I thought I might quite as well provide some info about myself, so that I don’t appear as “just another blogger out of nowhere”. Hope nobody will consider this as “blog-SPAM”… So, first, I do a little music … Continue reading

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The doors are about to close, run for your life !

In Paris, where I live, most people always seem to be in a great hurry. And the best place to see this is in the “Metro” (Paris subway). Try this : just sit down for some time, inside the Metro, … Continue reading

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Open source bounty hunters : go !

Open source software is definitely on its way up. Linux, Firefox, OpenOffice.org and numerous other pieces of software are already very popular. However, something’s changing is the developers’ community. Open source development used to be made only for geeks or … Continue reading

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Yet another blog ?

What the woooorld neeeds now… is not another blog. Too bad, I have decided to create my own blog. Now that makes three zillions and one. My friend has a blog, my colleague has a blog, my father’s stepmother’s cousin’s … Continue reading

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