{"id":1383,"date":"2009-03-20T02:57:58","date_gmt":"2009-03-20T07:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=1383"},"modified":"2009-03-20T02:57:58","modified_gmt":"2009-03-20T07:57:58","slug":"mysql-participates-in-google-summer-of-code-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2009\/03\/20\/mysql-participates-in-google-summer-of-code-2009","title":{"rendered":"MySQL participates in Google Summer of Code 2009!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was a little worried <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2009\/03\/13\/google-summer-of-code-2009\">last week<\/a> with regards to our Google Summer of Code status, but I&#8217;m glad to see that <a href=\"http:\/\/socghop.appspot.com\/org\/show\/google\/gsoc2009\/ccharles\">MySQL<\/a> has been <a href=\"http:\/\/socghop.appspot.com\/program\/accepted_orgs\/google\/gsoc2009\">accepted<\/a>, for a third year running, for the Google Summer of Code 2009. <\/p>\n<p>Mentors &#038; students alike, check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/forge.mysql.com\/wiki\/SummerOfCode2009Ideas\">ideas page<\/a>. You as a student can even submit ideas, and we&#8217;ll look for a mentor for you, naturally.<\/p>\n<p>Things we&#8217;re looking for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Simple bug fixes<\/li>\n<li>Improvements in documentation of code<\/li>\n<li>Test suite improvements<\/li>\n<li>New features, but simple enough to implement in timeframe<\/li>\n<li>Pet projects<\/li>\n<li>Extending tools, creating new tools that support MySQL<\/li>\n<li>Wider ecosystem that is MySQL &#8211; this means I&#8217;m looking at you, Drizzle, even<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Again, if you have any queries, drop me a line via <a href=\"mailto:colin@mysql.com\">email<\/a>, as I&#8217;m the Program Administrator again :)<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20MySQL%20participates%20in%20Google%20Summer%20of%20Code%202009%21&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bytebot.net%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F03%2F20%2Fmysql-participates-in-google-summer-of-code-2009&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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