-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello, Google organizes contest, see:
http://code.google.com/summerofcode.html In short: It is about conntributions to known open source projects. 200 students could get $4500 each, $500 goes to mentor organization. I think OpenVPN is mature enough to particate in Summer of Code as mentor organization. There are wishlists already on the wiki and there are many things that could be done as projects sponsored by google. In particular, there is one missing feature - and no one is intereseted in doing it - Windows 9x/ME support in TAP-win32. Programming for old Windows is not so nice, but maybe $4500 stipend would make it nicer? :-) I wonder why this feature is not included in wishlists - there are many requests for it in mailing list archives. It's not true, that this OS died. Sadly, it lives, especially in enviroments, when XP couldn't be installed because hardware is so low-end. Windows 9x support will give significiant adventage: ability to run on every PC. It could increase OpenVPN position on "VPN-market", because now many people choose other VPN solutions which are in many places no so good, but runs on 9x (for example PPTP, criticized for its security, or IPSEC with comercial 9x clients). And, though IMHO 9x/ME will live for about 3-5 years, porting TAP-win32 is worth its effort. It will greatly increase OpenVPN user base, which as you all know, increases number of developers and all blesses of open source. Please consider participating in Summer of Code. Greetings, - -- Pawel Pokrywka https://secure.cryptonix.org/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iQD1AwUBQqGCRwYJ6m8RUpKnAQIGFAb+IsZtbP5z9Jz4Xg9LsMDpV4FFIyd7eJy6 duXSgdNE4O5ObaejlQq+oIPHwKYWgm+6vCRstbR7BG08RMyzAb7B24LKSzvcIiWv 9nEXnhbBzSpHnKZQQHnNoiYap+Jq777r4+yw+thghb5CvKiT5g1LP+pyGksH4vUe xZcMBO2tHhkCjgz59v8gq+gfzIBz1yj5n3yV3XcJa9aysF78XJHEtqti+3x8Fl+D fY3Q2zTEiiYVTCi4NFTH4MusQ2FbxTzQNEuu4d+FOZKdLxcht8HzeQb1yu7gXJZX d1xGOmQB40U= =h5My -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
