Re: [Gaim-devel] OpenWengo Code Break, participation proposal

[Julien G. <jul...@we...>]

Hello,

On 6/16/06, William Reading <bi...@ag...> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 05:06:46PM +0200, Julien Gilli wrote:
> >> Why doesn't each participant get between 3000 and 4000
> >> euros depending how well they do?
> >
> > For several reasons. First it would be much complicated to find
> objective
> > reasons why one's code woud be best than other's (performance,
> robustness,
> > style, anything else?) and, second, this event is not a competition,
> it's
> > all about sharing, having fun and being part of a community.
>
> Actually, there are several hooks for Google to withhold money. The
> first $500 is for being accepted, but the other two payments ($2,000)
> each are only disbursed if acceptable progress was made on the project
> at that time.
>

We plan to do something pretty similar too.

Best regards,
-- 
Julien Gilli